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Two Houses Painted, Four to Go

By Andy Seeley on May 8, 2013 11:37 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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The student-athletes and administrators taking part in Knights Without Borders in Panama this week are painting all the houses at the SOS Aldeas Infantiles facilities in Colon, Panama. The group was originally planning on clearing a location for a recreational court and building it for SOS. But complications with the building materials forced a change of plans. On Tuesday, Knights Without Borders painted two houses and they have four more to go on Wednesday. 

Below you can check out video blogs from Kaye-Alese Green, Victor Gray and Sebastian Evers.

In today's student-athlete blog , Allie Jest details Day 3 in Panama.

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We were able to sleep in! What a great start to our day. I was up early enough to watch the sunrise over Panama City.  The skyline is so pretty here and we have a great view from our hostel.

When we arrived to the hostel, Kimya and Mario had to go pick up the paint. We completed two houses today (Tuesday) which leaves us four to finish tomorrow (Wednesday). The kids seem to love us being here. If you ever want to break a language barrier, just show a child how to work a camera. The kids follow behind us, ask us questions and they all seem to want our wristbands.

A couple of the UTP (Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá) students we are working with thought I was famous. They thought I was on a TV show. If you know me, you know how I feel about being in front of even a couple people. The thought of being on a TV show is terrifying. 

For the rest of the week the kids are out of school because it hasn't rained in three days. The power at their school is hydroelectric and the lack of rain means no power. What happened to the rainy season that just started? I guess weathermen are wrong everywhere ... not just in Florida. We have an early start tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. Four houses completely painted in just 8 hours! We got this!

Go Knights!

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