Bricks are Heavy

Jimalee works hard while I take pictures

Following on from my startling discovery yesterday that solar panels work better in direct sunlight, I bring you further news:

Bricks are heavy.

Hard to believe I know.

I started today with the intention of ensuring that we have enough bricks to build the school.  Turns out we do, which is good news. As an added bonus, all the bricks are quick close to the site of the school, so we will need wheelbarrows to move the bricks, as opposed to trucks.

The locals make bricks from mud.  They have a metal mould which shapes the mud. The bricks are fired inside of a large kiln, which is also made from mud bricks.

Today, some locals and I deconstructed a kiln so we could use the mud bricks that it is constructed from.

This is when I made my discovery that bricks are heavy. For about four hours we slaved in the hot sun turning the kiln into a neat pile of bricks.

And now – ugh – I am exhausted.  Constructing this school is either going to make me the fittest man in the world, or kill me.  I’m not sure which at this stage…