BearHunter's in the Library

Surprise, surprise, eh? BearHunter has always loved libraries. Now he's helping to build one out of mud and straw. They make the bricks by hand on site. When our group arrived the walls were already up on the structure, the Solomon Library at the church school. Now, a few weeks later, the roof is on completely. To make skylights, portions of the corrugated fiberglass sheets were replaced with a plexiglass type material which allows light through the roof. Our team's job was making the indoor furniture including computer, keyboard and book shelves. The shelves were first formed with bamboo and sticks to make a frame. Then mud and straw mixture was plastered around it and allowed to dry. That simple! One chair was made by piling two bags of mud and covering them with mud/straw. The girls on the team did some relief murals on the outside wall of the library. They made bigger-than-life sized trees, animals, flowers, and symbols. Last Friday the muddy floor had been cleared, smoothed and dried, almost ready for opening.