A real bucket brigade!
I had thought that was just the stuff of old westerns or Little House on
the Prairie dramas, but we proved the value of a bucket brigade for moving
freshly mixed concrete from the side of the house around to the back and up to
the frame for the sill about seven feet above the ground. This sill was the answer to the problem of
concrete blocks becoming more and more difficult to keep level as they got
higher and higher. Build a perfectly
level frame out of wood on top of the row of blocks, fill it with concrete, let
it harden, then take off the frame and resume laying blocks. Voila!
Mark laying blocks
Brad, concentrating hard, trying to get the hang of it
Bucket girl hauling mortar
Derry bringing over more blocks
Mark getting instructions from Paul
Brad lugging more blocks
Mixing concrete right on the ground was a surprise to
me. Sand and gravel were shoveled into a
pile and spread out into a relatively flat heap, then the dry concrete was
sprinkled over the top and it was all mixed together. The center of that dry pile was then scooped
out so that it formed a ring more or less, and water was hosed into the center
where it couldn't run off. Then the
really hard work began, as if the guys' backs weren't already worn out from
shoveling all that heavy sand and gravel!
Depending on the amount of concrete being mixed, two or three or four men
would mix that stuff until it was ready to be poured into the frame, not losing
so much as a drop of the water. Buckets
at the ready, one guy with a shovel would slop a big scoop into a bucket and it
would get passed down the row until the last person handed it up to the guy on
the scaffold who poured it into the frame.
Full buckets moving in one direction, empty buckets moving in the
opposite direction, making short work of what would be a very long day with
fewer workers.
Dry ingredients first
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Laying blocks is apparently a skill that requires
considerable experience to master. While
I didn't get directly involved in it myself, I did spend a good bit of time
observing. If those blocks weren't so
blasted heavy I think I could enjoy the process of mortaring in those babies
and tapping them ever so carefully into alignment. As I stood by and watched, I restrained
myself from begging to be allowed to get in there and share the fun. Instead, I passed tools, scraped excess
mortar from outside seams, and cheered on Mark and Brad as they sweated both
from the sun and from the stress of Arcardios' eyes boring into them as they
worked. It was a thing of beauty to
watch those walls grow, and I was proud to be a part of our team even with my
paltry contributions.
Me trying to be useful
Perfect!
Frame for the concrete sill is ready
Looking good!
Alpha Team after a morning of labor
On the other side of the village Regi, Roscoe, Pete, Henry
& Kristi were digging a trench, pouring a concrete foundation, and building
block walls for a closet on the back of a small house. Our working environment was much better than
theirs, as we had more space to spread out, and we didn't have to deal with the
unpleasantness of an open cesspool in our work area. But we couldn't have asked for better morale
no matter the conditions.
What a great bunch of people this was to be with on a
mission trip! Colossians 3:23 says,
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not for men, " and that is exactly what they did. In the entire week I never heard a word of
complaint, a sign of laziness, or a self-centered action of any kind. Servants of the Lord, every one.
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