Tikumangira!!!!

Hey all!!  As promised, here is an update of the building progress!  The grant money was deposited early last week, and since then, Alex (my counterpart with forestry) and I have been running around like CRAZY!!!  Cement, lime, and roofing wire have been recently purchased and transported to the school to be stored with the iron roof sheets and nails that the school had previously purchased!  The builder started working on Friday, and I'm amazed at how fast he's working!  Don't worry, he knows what he's doing; he's also built the storage room for the World Food Program at the school and the building is really nice.  Friday he finished digging the trench for the foundation and by tuesday, he had completely finished the foundation bricks and started on the walls.  You can see from the pictures posted the progress he's made up until last night (Wednesday).  It hasn't even been a week, and he's so far along!  Alex and I have been busy this week buying 20,000 bricks and making transport arrangements for it, as well as for the dambo sand to be used as mortar.  Additionally, we've gotten a new library committee together and are working on revising the old library's guidelines and by-laws.  Anyways... I've been fighting with federal job websites and have developed quite the headache... so off I go!  Thanks guys for the continuing support!