House 3 started!

Today we started house 3 for Mary Zulu, a widow of 51 with 6 children and 1 grandchild.  Mary was not on site today as she was in the field working to get food, two of her sons were there to help though. Two teams continued to work on raising the walls of the other two homes. Lots of mortar was mixed and bricks laid. It was hard work and fairly hot today with a constant breeze - which sounds quite lovely were it not for the fine red dust that is everywhere!  Some things I have learned today:

1) I can still mix a decent batch of concrete
2) I will never tire of hearing the calls of "good morning, how are you" and hugs from the children everywhere
3) Nothing beats a shower, even a cold one, after a hard, physical day of work
4) A group of caring strangers can come together for some fun and good laughs and create something meaningful
5) I am one lucky girl

Ben is loving this, working hard and now a coffee drinker!  :-)

Thinking of you all.