Enough of the traveling and airplanes, today was a true work day. The task today was to begin filling in a floor substrate in the orphanage, on top of which 4 inches of concrete will eventually be poured. The material is called "baroche" which is a hard rocky soil that we excavated from a site 100 meters from the orphanage.
The "Landy" (Jako's 1964 white Land Rover) transported it to the orphanage where others broke the rock to small pieces. They were placed on the floor and in the rooms of the orphanage, and graded in preparation for the concrete. It will take one more full day of excavation for enough baroche to fill the floor.
This was very difficult, physical work, but again our spirits were high in the work of God.
We then had our first lunch of nshema "sheema" which is made of ground maize. Amber and the ladies prepared a meat gravy. We ate African style by making balls of the nshema and dipping it in the grayvy. Very good!
Amy Tromba has made contact with the Tonga! She befriended this sweet boy, Morris, who was kicking around a little soccer ball near our camp. 
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