Construction Day One for Team 3

After a wonderful breakfast of homemade pancakes, we headed off in the Matatu and taxi to the job site, half an hour away over v-e-r-y pot holed roads which the rain the night before had not improved. Bill assigned jobs to each of us, and most of us had a steep learning curve about how to lay blocks and bricks. The Kenyans far outpaced us as they began in earnest on building two. At this point we are not even considering starting work on building 3, the kitchen/dining hall. I must admit, seeing the buildings in person made the plans on paper come alive - much bigger than we could imagine. Bill and I (Carolyn) were blessed by the visit of a pastor and his wife and son who we met 30 years ago when we spent 6 weeks in Kitui. Pastor Stanley is now retired and his son, who was a year old at that time, is now pastoring a church in Nairobi. They drove 6 hours each way to spend a couple hours with us, and gave us lovely gifts. I was overwhelmed! You cannot out-give a Kenyan! We're off to a good start, and have a long way to go, but our team is enjoying bonding, joking, and trying to learn some Swahili. Bill and Adam didn't make any of us tear down any rows that we laid, so I guess that says something!