I love to get dirty.
I love to turn ridges, swing hammers,
create things, destroy things.
Basically any time I get to do physical labor to create something better for somebody else,
that's what I like to do.
I love to get dirty.
This place was pretty much torn up.
It was really hard to express how this place was, but it was a total disaster.
A lot of the windows that termized, they were rotted away.
The floor was all cracked.
It wasn't a school. It wasn't a learning atmosphere.
Before you walked up, it looked like a shack.
It was barely three walls and there wasn't a roof on it.
The thing that was on top wasn't considered a roof.
The desk, the tables, the chairs, they were all just piled up.
They didn't want to use it.
There was a whole bunch of hazards and they were broken glass everywhere.
Moving in, we repaired it, created a ventilation system, replaced the roof, replaced the windows,
placed all the doors.
So now that there's a sense of security at the school,
instead of just being out in the open, you can actually feel comfortable.
Now it's a structure. It's going to be here for decades and decades.
And you feel proud of the work because you didn't take any shortcuts.
You didn't put a wall in 12-hour days until dust held on your ink and it pays off.
It's a big room just to see the finished product.
I think the biggest impact hopefully that'll have is, you know,
they'll actually want to come here and learn.
You know, if their school is run down and the walls are cracking and the sealant's caving in one of them,
then that's just one more reason for them not to want to get an education.
At least if they have a nice place to come to, you know,
I think it's probably the biggest thing that helped this country get on its feet
is to get a solid foundation for education.
The locals here in T-more, it is extremely evident what they like and I appreciate what we're doing.
Every day when we're done working, they come by and they take up all the trash and pick up all the debris
and help us clean everything up.
Even the kids that are, you know, five, six years old are willing to pick up a paintbrush
and start painting the building because they understand that what we're doing is for them.
I can't tell you how many times I've had people come up and hug my leg and say thank you
and Mr. Vister thank you, thank you.
These people are extremely grateful for everything that they have
and everything they get down their bottled water.
I mean, extremely poor living conditions, but they make the best out of it every day.
They're always happy playing sports, you know, they're barefoot playing soccer on a field of rocks.
Being with these people and interacting with this culture for the last two weeks
has been extremely helpful as far as learning to appreciate things.
I see a lot of excitement. I see a lot of joy.
When we got here, these guys were wondering, what are we doing here?
I was reading out their face and I was like, I see sadness,
but as days went by, they're so willing to participate and they have this,
wow, I have a new school, they're happy to be around, they're so joyful.
They want to learn and they look like they really want to come into the classroom.
They want to participate. That brought a lot of joy.
When you see a work payoff, you see it in someone's face and they walk up
and they see their new school and they see their new house
and it's just nothing they expected because you put in the hard work and labor.
That's the reward. That's what I do. That's why I enjoy doing it.
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