On Friday we enjoyed another sunny day, including taking breaks outside. Here are some of the local volunteers.
Birgit and I spent most of Friday working on a wall.
Here is the floor we poured Thursday.
More progress on the wall before we ended the day.
Saturday, we continued on the wall and it was finished by the end of the day.
This is what it looked like from the street as it was being finished.
Other tasks included unloading and bringing in three pallets of ceramic blocks, taking down bracing and forms for concrete that had cured for four weeks, bringing 18 concrete beams inside and installing them in an upstairs room (each beam was about six meters/24 feet long and required at least four people to carry), and removing the nails from the framing so it could be reused on future portions of the project.
Friday afternoon we said our goodbyes to Filipa. Friday night we had dinner at the Domus. Sophia put together an amazing banquet for us. Before work Saturday morning, Elena, the board chair, stopped by to chat with us. Saturday afternoon we said our goodbyes to Joao, the construction manager. Saturday evening, dinner was a combination of the leftovers from Friday and a few items delivered from the restaurant where we ate Thursday. And Sunday morning, it was an early taxi ride to Porto with a stop on the way at the airport for one team member to catch a flight.
And so ends another adventure with Fuller Center for Housing - I hope more people will get involved with the good work of non-profits like Fuller Center.
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