#3....building

Saturday was building. A family that is new to our church live almost next door to the church itself in a rotting wooden little shack of a house, just one room. So, some of the youth group and the men in the church went to build and extend their house. A burning hot day as well. We all met up early to start work. Around 25 of us of all ages....and to start with not enough to do...but I was impressed by the amount of people who turned up. We all had hammers but with so many strong men we weren’t really needed. So when the Pastor said he was going to get wood I jumped into the back of the Camion (truck) with some others and off we went. He is building a house on one of the mountains and that was where we were going to get wood. When we got there, he said he wanted to show me around. So I got a guided tour!! Back at the house there was still not much to do except take photos...which I did!! Then they needed soil to even out the floor of the house (Was a simple house – wooden walls and dirt floor). I went in the back of the Camion again to get dirt from the road side near some other property. My job later in the afternoon was to unload the truck load of soil into a wheelbarrow. It sure made up for not having done much all day. This photo is when we had nearly finished unloading it all! This is Zuko patting down all the earth we had laid down as this was there floor.
















By the end there were 7 of us still working...and I was the last girl there. It all looked really good. I however looked like a tomato I was so sunburnt! Hanging out with everyone was so much fun, and with a whole range of ages too.

Just waiting for the door and windows to be put in.