Dec 29th - More Concrete

It was in the mid 60's today but partly cloudy. The low tonight is supposed to be 49.

We poured 19' of 30" tall wall this morning. Once again the form started to blow out and Ron had to race over with the backhoe to hold it in place until we got it stabilized. There is quite a bit more of this wall to pour so before it is all finished we may figure out how to build a form that doesn't blow out. No one seems to know where to get form ties down here. The good news was that we did not have to bail any water off the top of the concrete when the level got up to the top of the wall. It was still a little to wet but way better than what we poured last week.

We had a small mixer today and mixed our own concrete. The mixing went pretty well. It was a lot better than mixing Sackrete in a wheel barrow.

In the afternoon we build one side of the forms for another 20' of wall. We got to a stopping point about 4:30, just as it started to sprinkle. It sprinkled on and off for several hours and then really cut loose for awhile. Right now it is just light rain. It is supposed to rain all night. The mud is a bother but the folks down here still need a LOT of rain. I doubt that 10" spread out over a month would be enough to fill the ponds. One pond here at YWAM is nearly full but there are a lot of them that don't seem to be any higher than they were when we came. The closest one to us is still at least 4' low.

Kathy and Marie did some staining today. They are supposed to take inventory somewhere tomorrow.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.