First week was great!

I just finished my first full week living out at the construction site. This week due to some scheduling items I ended up staying out at the site working until Saturday afternoon. A typical day for me consisted of getting up at sunrise (6:30) and making some instant coffee. I would then get some materials out that we needed for the day that were stored in my room. The workers would come by at around 7:30 and we would walk about 5 min down to the construction site. One of the biggest struggles at first was getting used to the Ugandan’s work schedule because we would all head to the site around 7:30 but work would not usually start until 8:45 as they would spend time cooking their breakfast. Once work finally started they would work until around 1:30 and then take a lunch break. After a 30-45 min lunch break we would go back to work and work until anywhere from 5:30-6:45 depending on what the guys were doing and what we needed to get finished.

It has been so neat being able to live at the site with the guys and get to know them. I am the only white person within a 45 min drive so I am forced to get into the culture and learn. I have been keeping a journal and each day I have the guys teach me a couple new words or phrases that I right down in my journal so I can remember and use throughout the day. They enjoying teaching me and hearing me speak their language.

God has truly blessed me with some awesome guys working for me. I usually have 8 guys on the site working but this week we hired a 3 man trench digging crew to dig the trenches for the sewer lines we are going to be putting in.