Greetings from Chinchoti,

It is our second day in Chinchoti and we have been having a great time with our host families. We have definitely been eating a lot of great food and drinking a lot of sweet chai. At the worksite, we continued working on the steps to the lake and we also started building a wall for the steps. This involved moving rocks and mixing A LOT of cement. We also organized the tiles needed to complete the steps. Since we started early, we saw many community members doing their morning chores near the lake. This includes cleaning clothes, washing cows and gathering water.

After we finished with the wall and the steps, we washed up and regrouped at the temple. There, we took rickshaws to Valvali which is a tribal village. We visited with the children of this village and spent time playing games with them. Everyone enjoyed each other. This was a chance to meet new people and to see a different culture than the one found in Chinchoti.

Tomorrow we will finish up the steps and go to see a bull race on the beach in the afternoon. We will keep you posted!

It is time for dinner now, so we do not have time to post a picture, but will do so tomorrow.

Ben and Michelle

P.S. Lucia just won a game of UNO