Last work day

Yesterday was our last day on the job site. After a morning of climbing the over looking hill of the job site, we got down to our last push at completing what we came here to do. As we look back at our pictures of the job site from our first day, we are amazed at the progress that has been made. We started with the footings in, and now the walls are up, and most of the lintel's have been poured. We left the job site yesterday with the carpenters working hard at finishing the last forms on the walls, so that the final lintel's would be poured over the bathroom.

As we left the job site yesterday many of us handed off some of our belongings including boots and gloves. The smiles on the faces of the guys as they received their new boots was priceless to see. The past two weeks these guys have been working so hard, and all in flip flops. They shovel in flip flops, walk through cement and mortar in flip flops, even climb on top block walls in flip flops! It's amazing they all still have their toes!

Today we are off for another adventure. Our plans include visiting the Cape coast castle and the jungle. Pray for our safety on the roads as we travel. Around here we say "plans" because that is all that we CAN say. When ever we set out on the roads around here, we have to be flexible for our plans to change, after all we are on Ghana time. Some times because of road conditions, and other times because of...well who knows what!

Before I sign off for another exciting day, I thought I would share with you a few moments to hopefully bring you into the inner workings and dynamics of our team.

Comical moments to share:

• Dorothea fashioning proper Geco protection as she discovered an unwanted visitor who has taken up residence in her bathroom.
• Allison winning the Ghanopoly trophy at Monopoly deal. Peter created a trophy out of some of the many many water bottles we have gone through. I hold it proudly!
  
• The Menken Monster who has been preying on victims throughout the trip has finally seen revenge. He has been jumping out of trees scaring team members. Last night Jay and Dorothea his previous victims got him good. A scare from the bush and a pail of water seemed to do it.
  
• By the way Liz...John now knows how to do his very own laundry. Don't let him tell you otherwise. Doreen and Dorothea took care of that for you. And if he denies it...we have pictures. Although he may have to resort to doing it by hand, as we didn't have a machine here to teach him with.
• To add to the laundry list, John D actually has blisters on his hands...not from working, but from doing his laundry...what a guy!!

There are many more to share with you all, and we look forward to telling you all our stories when we return.

Allison