Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Bricks

We received a brick making machine in order to decrease the high cost of construction concerning churches, Bible Institute building, the future hospital, and the future orphanage. The machine actually just uses ordinary dirt and is able to make a construction quality brick that will last many years. This last Wednesday, I assembled a small group of people to help operate and test the machine.
We arrived at our plot of land in Kanyanda, part of t
he Mpongwe district only to find the dirt to be very sandy. Nonetheless, we did out best to make some bricks. Although the bricks were molded and appeared to work, they were unable to be used. In all, we were not able to produce 1 quality brick, but we had a great time, and learned some things that will be helpful for future projects...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well first off,you ALL have smiles on your faces, which is a good thing:o)
have you tried straw? Exodus 5:7-11,LOL.
A definite "E" for effort!!

Kevin P said...

It was a lot of work, and it was very hot, but we all enjoyed the day - I didnt think of the straw idea, good idea!! Bible has all the answers :)