Day 5 Monday

(Day 5)Monday
Hi ho hi ho it's off to work we go....
The reason we came ,with a zest of anticipation we
rose an hour earlier to travel in transit to the family home of Gogo whom we'd met the previous day .
On route in the capable driving hands of Nkosie avoiding herds of sauntering cattle we called in at his family home to pick up 'Tools of the trade ' ....ok! a wheelbarrow and a spade !
We picked up two of Nkosie's neices dropping them off at school.
We arrived to the find the foundations already prepped and a bulk delivery of breeze blocks . As the enthusiastic bunch we all are, we were eager to start, so a cement and sand mix piled high, and strong arms filled 15 litres of water from the JoJo to mix concrete. Taking turns with shovels we watched the expertise of the builder team who were encouragingly respectful as we learnt from their skills and knowledge.
First level , a learning curve. The concrete blocks were moved singly to dry out in the warm sun ; then carefully positioned resulting in the first level, aquiring skills as we continued, a system emerged to work in pairs to concrete in between .Soon the levels increased until we'd done five!
Having lunch , the Gogo came over smiled and intimated she was so happy giving us a hug .
At the end of today's work we felt elated to have achieved a third of the build.
Bob the builder would be impressed!
After purchasing bananas which gave us renewed energy which enabled Chris to go on tour of the local bike shops!Read more