Tom and Dave, with the help of Leah, continued their work on the ring beam in building two. Zack, Ginny and Heather started to take down the wooden frames of the ring beam in building one, but the Kenyans were using them for support of scaffolding and they were afraid to take it all down and have the ring beam not be set enough to support them. So once that was taken down they went in search of other tasks. Heather helped Penny to lay out the rebar for the ring beam in the kitchen building, while Ginny and Zack worked with some Kenyan kids to sift piles and piles of sand for the plaster mix. Bev went around cleaning the place up and finding jobs that needed to be done that it seemed no one else wanted to do. Adam as always went around make sure that people were on task and if they didn't have a task found them something to do.
Since the walls were up in all the building the Kenyan workers started on the immense job of plastering ahead of them. They were able to get the outer walls in the back 3 rooms plastered and looking good.
At around 4pm things were starting to wind down and the clouds were starting get dark and move over head. So we started to make preparations in case it rained, which is sure enough did. We were grateful for the moat that had been freshly dug around the entrance/doorway to building two. We had also covered a dry mix that had been made by the Kenyans and not used hoping that it would not go to waste (we'll see how well it worked come Monday morning).
Shortly after we dug the moat and covered the mix it started to POUR! Probably the hardest and longest it's rained since we have been here. We had to wait a little while on Robert to get there so that we could head back to the compound for our dinner out.
On our way back we saw a small truck struck on the side of the road because his back tires had gone off the road. So we decided to stop and help push him out, I'm sure that it was quite a site to see four white guys stop to push a Kenyan out of being stuck (we figured it was the right thing to do because earlier in the day we got stuck for out first time on the muddy road out to the site).
After that we made it back to the compound and rushed to get showers before heading out to a very special meal at a guest house just down the street.
All in all it was a great Saturday where we were able to get work done, but also enjoy some time just spent with one another and the people on the TI compound where we are staying.
Rain delay
yes... It really was raining
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