Despite all of the hype surrounding the presidential elections coming up next Friday, which includes more posters than you can imagine posted on any object in sight that either does or doesn't move, and streams of trucks with music and propaganda blaring travelling past the village, we did get some work done this week.
Around the village, the children have been at school for a couple of weeks now and are well settled in their routine. Rose, Shamina and Ibra started their pre-school this week, so the village was very quiet in the mornings. Once the children come home they have lunch and then get stuck into their homework, so it is very different to holiday time.
On the building front, work started on building that is currently being called Mission House. This is a mzungu style house being built on a block about 1 km down the road, which will house teams when they come over and will possibly generate some income at other times. We will move into it as well, freeing up the admin building to do what it is designed for. So far we have dug the foundations in some very hard ground,and as I write, the workers are laying the bricks that will support the concrete slab floor.
If you are wondering about things you could be praying for the village, please consider the new mothers and children that are to come into the village soon, and also for the release of the container of materials sent from Australia which is held up waiting for a document from the finance ministry here that at the moment is more concerned about the election than us.
Setting out is complete and the digging commences.
Digging done, hard core is put into the trenches.
A sugar cane break (smoko) I'm becoming African!
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