Saturday was a busy day. We started the morning with one more truck of concrete delivered for the top section. While we
were waiting for the truck, we admired our work from the previous day. This area, will be covered and be a large meeting area for the camp. The floor we poured is a rough bottom cut. Eventually, when more funds are raised, there will be a finish coat added to make a nice smooth floor.
The truck came
and the hard work resumed. Moving the concrete and leveling it was a
task that couldn't' wait until you felt like doing it.
While this was going on, other members of the team were finishing the prep for the concrete pour on the lower level and removing forms from the concrete floor poured the day before.
The crane and the prefab concrete slabs arrived
for the floor that was not supported on the ground. The crew that did this work was amazing. They moved these slabs around with a crow bar and a piece of rebar with seemingly very little effort. And, they walked around on the the beams with no safety equipment at all. It was fascinating to watch them work.
Before we went to lunch, there was another Ahka church that invited us to come to their new-rice thanksgiving service. So, we went, in our dirty work clothes.
But, once again, we were treated as honored guests. The village where went was the home village of Moses, one of the Thais that had worked along side us. His sister is in the picture with him. He seemed quite proud that we came to participate at this church. We missed the service--they were singing the doxology just as we arrived. After the service, they rearranged the tent where they had met into tables and set
lunch out. The food here was quite spicy for me, but some of our team thought it was just fine. We tried to pace ourselves because we were going to eat another lunch after this one.
One of the members of the church asked us to pray for his father who was quite ill. So, we headed down a
path through the village, then back up to their dwelling place. The village was built on a hill side and the houses were cement block and bamboo structures. We didn't get a chance to see the inside of the house. The man came outside and sat on the ground
with his son guiding him and holding him. The son is a Christian; his father is not. First Aye prayed in Thai. Then Keith prayed in English. It was very touching to watch the interaction between the son and the father.
The scenery around the village was quite beautiful.
At the end of the day, we had an impromptu soccer game between some local Thais and the team. There were some good players
(Randy, Jayla, Roger, Jonah, and the local Thais) and some not so good players (all the rest of us). But, a good time was had by all.
