Sometimes a little ...

Repair is all it takes to keep it all moving ahead.
In the picture is Thomas and his helper on top
of a ... what could you call that ... not a scaffolding,
nor a tower, nor a ladder. In fact when that thing
they are on isn't used to repair something or help
in trimming a tree, it serves as the place that the
referee for the volleyball games sit.
But what Thomas is doing is repairing one of the
netball hoops right in place with his little portable
arc welder. It made it convenient to not have to take
the pole out and carry it to be fixed.
One of the biggest things about this was that something
was getting repaired, a novel occurrence here in the
village. But he repaired it just in time because the hoop
was kind of hanging on by a thread and now it appears
virtually indestructible.
Tomorrow I am heading out of the village for a week and
a half or so and I am wondering if ... the soccer field will
be totally cleaned out or if the front of the school building
will be totally painted. Not trying to be on the negative
side of life but truth be thought ... doubt it. No problem,
because as mentioned in other blog articles ... that is the
work to try and keep things moving.
The concept of sustainability seems to be a difficult one for
a people like the San (hunter-gatherers) to grasp. Not that
they are bad or wrong or anything but it is just that the idea
of sustaining a project or even a netball hoop is kind of not
the first thing that comes to mind. Again, now that they are
living in one place and not moving around ... the work is
to somehow explain or demonstrate well enough the concept
of sustainability to the point where it makes sense to them.
Seeing as I am going to be out of the village for a little bit of
a long time I am thinking that there will be a little backsliding
from what we've accomplished over the last few months.
So it may be.
Either way, when I return the challenges will be here, the work
will be here and I know that the netball hoops will still be here.
Just hope the motivation we've worked hard to awaken
will still be here. Sure wish that may be.