Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Today we got to rest! I didn’t know it would be, so I dressed in my
tennies and pants. Jim & Don went up
to the site they always go to (Mende Well), to see how the project was
progressing. Sister Carley & I spent
time in the office and we worked together on some things she needed to know
about all the paperwork we need to do for projects.
Each morning the guys
go up and check on the Mende well, the one where they take bike taxis to get up
there. Each time they see some progress. Today they were pumping out the water so that
they could pour a concrete wall to stop the flow. Then they can pour more concrete in the box (walls
and floor) where the water will be contained.
After this we
traveled back to the handicapped latrine and saw the progress going on
there. We learned that the hand drilled
well (that we saw on Monday) once again hit dirt, not water, and so they have
to move elsewhere—not good (this was an area project of theirs). We returned to the office, stopping for a
chicken lunch, and did more paperwork with Carley’s before they returned us to
the hotel on their way home.
They have made progress
on the latrine for the handicapped. Jim
checked the concrete work to see if it would be strong enough. All the concrete work we’ve seen is
okay. The toilets will be in the
sections on the right side, with two showers in the back where the men are
standing. The hallway will be on the left.
Tonight and tomorrow
we will be washing clothes and doing paperwork—some for us and some to help the
Carley’s. It is good to stop and rest
and get caught up and go to bed earlier than normal.
A woman sifting her
water through cloth to clean it.
Children make this
hiking look so easy! It is steep and
rocky!
My favorite picture of
the trip. The African hammock…
May we all get some rest…bye till
tomorrow.
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