All the hard work and team effort paid off in the end when the finished product was erected. Once the foundation was dug we had to make numerous trips to collect bricks at a local brickyard. The brickyard was a family business. The family made several hundred concrete bricks daily. Sometimes it was hard for the family to earn a living because there was only a specific time for them to get water in their community.
Water is a necessity when making concrete bricks.
Most of this community is self sufficient and they survive off of what they can produce and sell. The bricks were extremely heavy and required heavy duty gloves to transport them from the brickyard to the truck and then from the truck to the work site. This was grueling work. We became well acquainted with the inhabitants during the eight day stay at Orange Farm. Everyone became very excited to eat and to regain energy.