Sierra Leone, Day 5

Today was a hot one!

After finalizing the Connaught

structural details with Joe yesterday, we headed over to the Siamese Twins with Brad and Wes to asses the buildings there. Although the amount of buildings was roughly similar to the number at Connaught, we worked through this site in about half the time. We had a more focused approach, with Joe making structural evaluations and taking notes, while I took photographs and kept us oriented in the facility.

But we didn't see any major structural issues...

Our assessment was also expedited by having Sandra with us. Sandra is a doctor from Holland who actually grew up on a Mercy Ship and has been working in Sierra Leone Hospitals for over 5 years! She had an expert knowledge of almost everything related to the site, we couldn't have been so productive today without her!

Got back to the ship in time for lunch, and then quickly set up our mobile office in the dining hall again. Typed up more report data and printed a few pages out for reference (yes, we have a mobile printer too, its awesome).

In a few minutes we're gonna get a tour of the engine room on the ship, I'm super stoked! I'll be sure to post pictures of that soon.

Overall, the team is flying at a pretty fast pace. Work has been divided to suit each team members strengths and we've really meshed into one cohesive engineering unit. Continue to pray that efficiency and skill carry through the next four days of work ahead.

Look for a funny post on this blog soon.

-Mike