This morning we woke up to the sound of a down pour, which was incredibly loud on the tin roof that was above us. Early in the morning, we were greeted by a screeching rooster that wouldn’t stop crowing. Around our beds we had mosquito nets that worked surprisingly well. Even though it was raining buckets it was still very humid. Luckily for us, the weather turned out to be close to perfect for our first day of building. Aside from the ground being wet, and getting muddy it was a very successful day. There were two main jobs for the building process, mixing the cement and brick laying. Both tasks were equally exhausting, however at the end of the day it was all worth it for the outcome. We also had to get in a ‘brick line’ when required to pass the bricks up to where they were needed. All of us were quite sweaty (some t-shirts were drenched) and worn out from the work. When we finished building, we looked back at what we had achieved and felt very proud. We had started building nearly every wall in the house. The foundation that we had seen at the beginning of the day was full of brick walls by the end of it. During one of our breaks, we were given coconut water straight from a coconut. A few people quite enjoyed the taste of the coconut water, whilst some others weren’t too fond of it. We were surprised and the amount of work we were capable of doing in the time frame of one day. At the end of the day, we had some down time to relax and discuss stories from our day. After the long day we all had well deserved cold showers. To finish the day we had yet another delicious dinner and discussed our thoughts so far on the trip.
P.S I haven’t forgotten to take my malaria tablets yet.
P.P.S I’m having the best time ever!!!
Jorja and Elyse
