Day Three- November 4, 2007

On Sunday morning, we were picked up at the hotel by our driver and translator (Paata and Irma) and went directly to the orphanage. We worked there all day assessing the building conditions. We spent most of the day taking pictures and measurements of the building exterior and exterior. Gil drew up plans of the building on the computer and I asked at least a thousand questions to the orphanage Director about the current conditions. The building is in absolutely terrible condition and needs so much work that it is difficult to know where to start. The children were all great, and lots of new faces have arrived since my previous visit in February. Some of the older kids are gone now (because they reached the age of 17), but there are several new younger children there now. Several of the new children are very young, about 5 to 6 years old, and they are all extremely cute. After we got back to the hotel, we went to Gil’s room to discuss plans. We talked until midnight, going over the plans and deciding what we thought would be best to tackle as Phase 1 of the building repairs.