I went for a spin yesterday in the hottest form of transport available in Dzunga – no it was not a Ferrari or even the newest SUV – I went for a ride in a cart pulled by cattle! Each morning, a cart comes to the house where we store the cement to haul several loads of cement the 3-4 kilometers down to the riverbed where we are building the dam. Normally I walk, and I enjoy the time just to think and daydream, saying good morning to every person I see along the way. But never having been in an ox-drawn cart, I figured it was time since our load was not particularly heavy.

I will not say that it was the most comfortable ride ever, and it was hardly faster than walking, but where else am I going to have such an opportunity? These are the things I love about Mozambique . . . every day is such an adventure waiting to happen. You just have to be willing to give it a try . . .

I wasn't able to go down to Dzunga this week due to illness, but I thought I'd put up a few pics of the construction process so you can see what we're doing here.

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This is our construction site as a whole, although it has progressed a lot since I took this picture.

We mix our mortar right on the ground! I was amazed that this worked, but no one else thought anything of it.

I am so amazed at the strength of these women. One day I helped with rock carrying, but my rocks were all so small, and I had to hold on the whole time. Note the woman in the red shirt - huge rock!

This is our motivator Ernesto keeping track of who has been coming to work, behind him is my colleague from Tete, Sr. Armando.

Yup, that's me in my construction worker dress and trendy shades! I'm helping pass rocks into the trench.