James' helped to save a goat from sure death. The goat had the pit from a mango stuck in its throat so he and another guy held the goat down and pulled the pit from its mouth!Yahoo the cement showed up!!!! It wasn't there when I work was done yesterday so it must have come in the night. I think there are about 400 bags in this batch.The amount here makes about 65 cu yds of cement. What would fit in 7 or 8 ready mix trucks. Since the project began I think about 2000 bags have been used. Every bag weighs 94 lbs . For quick math 94lbs x 2000 bags = 188000 lbs of cement has been moved.Not to mention the tonnes of sand, gravel, limestone, rock, and rebar. This is all done by brute force under the hot sun. It is no wonder that all the guys are in very good shape.
The bottom pic is a shot of the tool shed. It has been organized at least twice since we have been here. There is just not enough room to store everything. Since the earthquake a lot of the tools that were in the tec school are being stored here. This little shed is bursting at the seams.
Having the wall up is a mixed blessing. There is a more secure area but we don't see much of the children and other comunity members as we did when the wall was down. Thanks for keeping up with us.
Love David and James
Hurray for James You are the Hero of the day . I am sure that the goat is definately greatfull. Well I start Pedicures on Monday I even do men's foot treatments are you up for one haha . Well with all that cement it look like you have some work ahead of you take care Love Kathy
ReplyDeleteI was going to say what Kathy just said, "heros for sure." Poor goat. Boy what a lot of bags of cement. What a project. Hope it keeps going well. Things do seem to be getting worked out. praise be.
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Please keep blogging. It's good to hear what's happening. I'll send an e-mail with details about what's happening here.
hey david, what are the measurements of 1 block? can you email me?
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