We woke with the roosters at 5am and went straight to work on a few more preparations. After a quick stop for breakfast, we cranked up the cement mixers and got to work filling in the beams. These were deeper and progress wasn’t seen as fast but we put in a big effort and finished by lunch. By this time we had a good system going where we had 2 cement mixers which emptied out onto chutes. Then people filled the buckets and we passed them down a line of people to where the concrete was being laid, and then the empty buckets were returned to be filled again. Other workers were pushing it down or smoothing it out. Down below, we had groups of boys from the local Bible College who were filling bags of rock or dirt which weighed around 50kg (probably more than them) and then carried them up the ramp on their heads!
After some sustenance and a wash down from all the cement that was beginning to eat away at our skin, we started filling in the balcony. Just after this was finished, around 3pm, the clouds opened up and it began to pour down with rain. We quickly covered it all with tarps and retreated to the ‘badego’(bamboo shed) for about 1hr until it subsided. We were all refreshed and ready to continue filling, but then one of the mixers gave up on us and we were down to one until we got hold of another a bit later. We kept on going through the pain and darkness until the last square metre was filled - around 8pm!!
A weight was now off our backs but our bodies were drained and in pain. We then headed straight for the showers, had some treatment from Dr Moore (Stephen) and a few of us had a massage before getting some very much needed sleep. Most of us have some serious lime burns from the concrete, especially on our hands and legs, which is causing great pain. But thank God that we are still alive and for His strength and protection!
After some sustenance and a wash down from all the cement that was beginning to eat away at our skin, we started filling in the balcony. Just after this was finished, around 3pm, the clouds opened up and it began to pour down with rain. We quickly covered it all with tarps and retreated to the ‘badego’(bamboo shed) for about 1hr until it subsided. We were all refreshed and ready to continue filling, but then one of the mixers gave up on us and we were down to one until we got hold of another a bit later. We kept on going through the pain and darkness until the last square metre was filled - around 8pm!!
A weight was now off our backs but our bodies were drained and in pain. We then headed straight for the showers, had some treatment from Dr Moore (Stephen) and a few of us had a massage before getting some very much needed sleep. Most of us have some serious lime burns from the concrete, especially on our hands and legs, which is causing great pain. But thank God that we are still alive and for His strength and protection!
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