Friday, December 23, 2011
December 22 Cement Truck in Africa?! YES!!
It came! It came!! Three hours late, but it came! A cement truck, delivering mixed cement to a construction site! Amazing! Really, it is.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
December 21
Pictures taken on December 21, 2011. How did a couple weeks go by with no updated photos? Sorry about that. Between the internet not working, forgetting to take the camera, and forgetting to take pictures... and Ron had to complete comments for report cards on his Carpentry class, it's been a busy month!
So here's what it looked like the 21st. Needed to see this before the 22nd, which is when the floor is to be poured.
So here's what it looked like the 21st. Needed to see this before the 22nd, which is when the floor is to be poured.
We Never Did That Before!
"I'm doing something I never would have considered doing in Africa before." Ron said.
What's he talking about? Downhill skiing on Mount Cameroon? Keep a pair of white shorts white?
Nope. But those are good guesses, and still not actually possible to do.
He's gotten to the stage in construction where a lot of cement is needed for the floor. Usually we order truckloads of gravel, sand, and bags of cement. And then have several guys mix the concrete in a pile on the ground, while more guys wheel barrel the mixture to where it's needed; pouring a floor wheel barrel at a time, over a period of days, with somewhat inconsistent batches of concrete. But in this major metropolis which is growing, expanding, Ron noticed cement trucks.
"I'm having cement trucks deliver cement to pour the floors" Ron says. And he has ordered a couple big cement truck loads of already mixed concrete to pour floors at the Hostel!
This may not sound like a big deal to you, but for us it is. First time ever in all our African life, we're looking forward to cement trucks delivering and pouring cement floors all in one day!
What's he talking about? Downhill skiing on Mount Cameroon? Keep a pair of white shorts white?
Nope. But those are good guesses, and still not actually possible to do.
He's gotten to the stage in construction where a lot of cement is needed for the floor. Usually we order truckloads of gravel, sand, and bags of cement. And then have several guys mix the concrete in a pile on the ground, while more guys wheel barrel the mixture to where it's needed; pouring a floor wheel barrel at a time, over a period of days, with somewhat inconsistent batches of concrete. But in this major metropolis which is growing, expanding, Ron noticed cement trucks.
"I'm having cement trucks deliver cement to pour the floors" Ron says. And he has ordered a couple big cement truck loads of already mixed concrete to pour floors at the Hostel!
This may not sound like a big deal to you, but for us it is. First time ever in all our African life, we're looking forward to cement trucks delivering and pouring cement floors all in one day!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
December 9
Ron took these pics December 9...
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Foundation being laid, with CMF Hostel in the background  |
Saturday, December 3, 2011
December 3
Progress! First blocks are being laid.
Ron went out to the site today and took these pictures:
Ron went out to the site today and took these pictures:
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