building awana play area 23Aug2012 part two

This is interesting, as I have yet to learn this game.   First a large square, with an equally large X and 0 are laid out.  (About 17 meters square)

The lines are then trenched with a pickaxe.  (About 3 inches wide and four inches deep)

While this is being done the material is prepared for making concrete.

Final touches to the satisfaction of the Mason.

These are some of the young people who have been hauling sand, stone and water.  Everyone wants to help.

Atiyodi makes the concrete.  He mixed the sand, stone, cement and water all afternoon. I like this young man.

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Mix, carry, pour, trowel, carry, pour, mix, trowel and  repeat....

On any project you have the man who everyone follows.  A craftsman, such as a mason, gets to direct what he is responsible for.

When he is done he is entitled to take credit for as well as responsibility for his work.

Momma knows when you disturb the earth she gets food and brings her brood......

When a worker drops some food from his mouth, it does not go to waist nor to waste.

The work is done for the day and just in time as it starts to rain on our way home.

Driving is going to be so boring back in the states.........

You do not have to live here long to fall in love with the people and the land.  

Next post are just some odds and ends again.  However, the first of September may be an adventure day on my own and Sunday the second will be our first Awana program.  Stay tuned . . . . .