A Day in the Life

Amazing.  Just about a week into the project now and we're starting to get into a rhythm here. 

Mornings start at 6:00 am with singing from the children.  They fill the warm tropical air with beautiful harmonies and playful tones.  By 7:00 am we are eating breakfast, usually a mixture of fantastic pancakes, unbelievably sweet pineapples, and wonderfully fresh guacamole.  

The team working on one of the six tap stands.

Work starts around 8:00 am.  We've been making progress with the irrigation system.  Today we dug most of the pipelines and also created the concrete forms.  Here you can see the team working hard in the hot sun.  We are in great position to make the tap stands tomorrow and finish the system next week.

Just another Rwandan sunset at the orphanage.

At 5:00 pm the sky starts to turn orange.  As the sun sets over Lake Kivu, the day begins to wind down.  Yesterday the team went for a walk to a gorgeous lookout point near the orphanage where we sat and watched the sunset.  At about 7:00pm we all broke out into spontaneous dancing with the locals.  We all had a great time.

At about 9:00pm our nights end gradually with dancing, singing, or sharing of stories from around the world.  Or in my case tonight, blogging.  Now I must go to sleep, because at 6:00am tomorrow we will start it all over again.

Ijoro Ryiza, or Good Night,

Eric