Chiseling Powder Monkeys

Everything in Israel is made of concrete, which means it's not very easy to make any modifications to an existing building. Today we spent the day with Youseff lending a hand in the renovation of a building they will use as a recording studio and broadcasting center for all their future productions. (Youseff has a broadcasting network that spans throughout the Arab world reaching others with The Message.) They are needing to install a wider door where the current one is, so that meant that we needed to hammer and chisel away at the cement to make the doorway wider.

The first part was easy - the cinder blocks were hollow so a hard blow with the hammer made it give away and crumble. The second half, however, was steel reinforced concrete :( 4 hours, two small blisters and two cement-powdered faces later, we got about halfway done. I really hope tomorrow we'll do something different haha. Despite everything, we're being treated so well here. Different guys kept checking in on us offering water, food and even popsicles!