Sunday, January 25, 2009

Thoughts from Lesotho (1.9.09)

added more to my construction resume...septic tank/drain field installation! Martha and I worked on installing the pipes and gravel for the first one, then moved to the second which is completely "our baby"

John, Tsabo and two of the other "boys" (since John is about 30, the term hardly seems fair) did the hard work of digging, although I did manage to move a few shovelfuls myself. 

It was a tad challenging0the trenches from the tank to the field had been dug at what would seem to me rather sharper angles than would be called for-and were fairly long. Anyway-the net result was that we extended the pipes from the tank and had to have the boys do a fair amount of digging to expand the drain field. Hopefully tomorrow before 2 we'll be able to lay the pipe, pour the gravel-and maybe (hopefully) cover the whole mess with dirt and seed it. 

After work I went for a walk up the trail outside the school-toward the hills, although I wasn't planning to go up by myself. Three girls (whom I hadn't met) caught up with me and wanted to walk with me. They wanted me to take pictures-it was pretty funny-I almost felt like a fashion photographer-one would strike a pose, then each of the others had to have the same pose. very fun! 


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