Got up at 5:30am to have breakfast before leaving for C4KK at 7am

Arrived at C4kk approximately 7:45am

Tables arrived around 10am:

Charles & Charles (maker of the tables)

C4KK workers on the left, plus at the end on the right and Charles (table maker) along with his two workers

Looked around the property and watched Chuck do a bit of work:

Moving stone from one area to be used in another area

Saw the progress on the floors & doors which are being worked on (fundi who left the job “complete” apparently didn’t think doors actually needed to open or shut or cement was needed in the floor!)

bad sections of floor were pounded out and new cement was placed

the floor looks like an island map 🙂

The entrance way was worked on and actually finished (sorry I didn’t get a “completed” photo, perhaps tomorrow):

short walls were built on either side of the walkway and plastered then the soil was taken out and stone put in so no one has to bring in muddy shoes!

entrance

Left for Ruai around 12:30pm to get supplies and pick up Lewis, who was bringing the pump for the well (still in need of donors for pipes, water tank and water tank stand, if you are so inclined-you can do that here):

The well cistern was plasterd with water proof cement to stop contamination from the ground water.

First stop, Quickmart for a few items we can’t get in Tala (definitely not as supplied as Nairobi but it does in a pinch!)

Then waited in the truck for 3 hours while Lewis was stuck in traffic coming from Nairobi.  You wouldn’t want to see pictures of that!  It was hot and I was getting a bit cranky.

Once Lewis arrived at 4pm we went to get the plumbing and paint supplies which took another 2 hours.  Felt like home though (ok maybe just in name):

After stopping at 3 other hardware stores Midland had what we needed!

Arrived back at C4KK to offload items and left for home at 6:30pm.

Got home, thankfully with electricity, had a shower, made dinner (grilled pepperoni, ham and cheese sandwiches) watched a little Seinfeld then finished this post and went to bed.  Yeah, it was a long day but I guess I was taught a little patience today.  I’m not that great of a student though, but I get to try again tomorrow.