We brought our efforts on the work project to a close a week and a half ago. In the course of 7 weeks, we made over 1300 bricks, learned how to mix foundation and mortar, laid the bricks for the exterior wall, leveled the remaining property, and nearly completed the excavation of a manhole (for a septic tank) - an 8 foot deep hole, behind our site. It was without a great deal of fanfare that our last work day ended - there were a few more pictures taken than usual, and the participants kept jumping in and out of the manhole to see if they could get out (they all eventually did), and we said goodbye to Sammy, our foreman, Raymond, the chief's chief warrior and our go-to man on the work site, and the masons, Idi, Fred, and Hashana.
That evening, we had a wonderful Shabbat at which we invited the NGO liasion who worked with us, and our cook and her family. We had baked several challot this week, and we have come a long way from the over-risen, rock hard cracker that characterized our first forays into bread-making in temperamental Ghanaian ovens and humid weather. The rest of the weekend was spent packing and cleaning our rooms - amazing the mess that can be made by 15 teens (and 3 group leaders) in just 7 weeks!
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