Well the time it has taken me to write a new blog post does not live up to the comparison of "snails pace". It has been much slower than that.
What has happened over the past 2 months is has been a transition into a much larger role and responsibility than what we had before. Since the time of the last post we have almost finished erecting a 10,000 square foot women's ward.
A main focus here at Child Legacy is to build a hospital in a rural area to provide healthcare to the people in that area. Looking further into that focus women and children's health is a main focus. So the women's ward which we are building right now will have the ability to house 50 beds for women.
Simultaneously while we are building this we are building a Delivery Suite, High Dependency Unity and a Radiology and Ultrasound building.
The women's ward though has been something a bit special because we started here about the same time construction started on it. Although we did a bit of construction at our previous job, this is on a different level.
The rainy season is about to start here and we are trying to get the roof on the ward before that times comes. The heat has been increasing everyday which makes it feel as though it is building up for a big rain.....unfortunately the rain has not come.
We had the ability to get out of here last week and get into town for church. It was our first time to do this. I guess there is not much order when it comes to parking here and once we left mass the parking lot was extremely chaotic and there was no sense of order. If anyone has seen Austin Powers then they can relate to our experience trying to get out of the parking lot.
But we did and ended up spending the day going around the city checking out different restaurants and hanging out with one of our two friends here. I guess that would sound worse if we lived in the States but here I find it harder to get out.
As the week progressed we were getting prepared for Thanksgiving but around Tuesday we realized that Thanksgiving could not happen on Thursday. Each morning we get up between 5-5:30 and end up working till about 6. After 6 it does not leave a lot of time to cook a giant feast.
So we pushed Thanksgiving until Saturday.
It was an exciting day as it was only a half day of work. So once noon rolled around we started preparing everything. We could not find a turkey so got a chicken instead. The menu consisted of chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits, sauteed kolrabi, green beans and onions. For dessert we made cheery cheese cake and cream cheese filled pumpkin roll.
....it was awesome.
Unfortunately due to our diet out here we barely get any sugar at all and after one bit of the cheesecake I could not eat anymore.
But the feast was great.
Today we have been cleaning and organizing. We cook a late breakfast and watched a movie and decided to take it easy today.
We have two more weeks here until we fly back to the States for Christmas. We are planning on spending a few weeks there before flying back to here.
We are looking forward to seeing everybody and spending the time eating hamburgers, steak, milkshakes, buffalo wings, garlic fries, cookies, cakes, chili cheese hot dog, limeade, onion rings and many more...
What has happened over the past 2 months is has been a transition into a much larger role and responsibility than what we had before. Since the time of the last post we have almost finished erecting a 10,000 square foot women's ward.
Putting up a steel beam, preparing to pour second story. Unfortunately no crane was around
A main focus here at Child Legacy is to build a hospital in a rural area to provide healthcare to the people in that area. Looking further into that focus women and children's health is a main focus. So the women's ward which we are building right now will have the ability to house 50 beds for women.
One of the times in the city grabbing a pizza
Pouring slabs for Women's Ward
Finishing up Trusses for Women's Ward
The women's ward though has been something a bit special because we started here about the same time construction started on it. Although we did a bit of construction at our previous job, this is on a different level.
The rainy season is about to start here and we are trying to get the roof on the ward before that times comes. The heat has been increasing everyday which makes it feel as though it is building up for a big rain.....unfortunately the rain has not come.
A building Araceli designed getting ready to pour the second story slab
But we did and ended up spending the day going around the city checking out different restaurants and hanging out with one of our two friends here. I guess that would sound worse if we lived in the States but here I find it harder to get out.
As the week progressed we were getting prepared for Thanksgiving but around Tuesday we realized that Thanksgiving could not happen on Thursday. Each morning we get up between 5-5:30 and end up working till about 6. After 6 it does not leave a lot of time to cook a giant feast.
So we pushed Thanksgiving until Saturday.
It was an exciting day as it was only a half day of work. So once noon rolled around we started preparing everything. We could not find a turkey so got a chicken instead. The menu consisted of chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits, sauteed kolrabi, green beans and onions. For dessert we made cheery cheese cake and cream cheese filled pumpkin roll.
....it was awesome.
Unfortunately due to our diet out here we barely get any sugar at all and after one bit of the cheesecake I could not eat anymore.
But the feast was great.
Araceli and I right before digging into our Thanksgiving meal
We have two more weeks here until we fly back to the States for Christmas. We are planning on spending a few weeks there before flying back to here.
We are looking forward to seeing everybody and spending the time eating hamburgers, steak, milkshakes, buffalo wings, garlic fries, cookies, cakes, chili cheese hot dog, limeade, onion rings and many more...
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