Day 3: First day on site

Today we had a short drive to the worksite.  We were joined today by the homeowner Tumiseng, himself.

The village chief also came by to welcome us to the village.

  We started the day by mixing the concrete for the floor.  We mixed a total of 18 wheelbarrows of sand, 13 of stone and 7 bags of cement to fill in the floor.  That took a total of 2 hours to get the floor poured.

 We also were in charge of clearing the debris from the worksite that was cut down to make room for the house.  We then started building the rest of the house by putting up the walls.

The masons had the corners finished so we could have a good stating point for the middle of the walls. We were scheduled to complete 5 levels of brick, but we got a 6th started on the back wall.

We completed the debris clean up, and had the work site clean by 4pm. Many of the locals came by to watch and to also help out.  We had a steady supply of water brought from the town well by the local ladies.

We had the floor completed and finished, with the walls completed uo to 5 levels high by th time we were done for the day.  We also had finished clearing the debris as well.  All and all, it was a very productive first day!!!