Today we get to go to the school. The whole village gathered to proudly show us what they have accomplished and no wonder they are proud! There are 9000 bricks in this school, each one made one at a time, by hand, on the brick maker we bought for them in January, and dried in the sun! They gave us the honor of passing up the first sheet of roofing and we all cheered as it was nailed in place.
Above: Erastos showing the children how to use a camera. They are like sponges and pick things up very quickly.
Below: Some of our future students
This was the most special day for me as a small group of the women gathered around me and began to dance and chant their thanks to me for helping them with the school. Fortunately Erastos was right there and could translate. This was a totally spontaneous outpouring of gratitude in the form of song, which seems to be a prevalent form of communication.
The roof was on when we left 3 days later.
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