Not much happening this past week, the contractors are just getting back to work today (Sunday). Only about half are back to work. Math class is over, final grades are submitted, I'll have a couple extra hours in my day for the next two weeks.
This video is from my trip to Chapman the first of last week. They were pouring a concrete culvert and the wooden forms did not hold up. They came up with the idea to use the excavator/backhoe to pull the form back into place. It worked pretty well, I thought this video was fun because of all the direction the excavator operator was getting from the crew.
This video is of the mosque which was just outside the base, Chapman. It was about noon and I caught the tail end of the call to prayer. This will give you the idea of what it sounds like, the call lasts about 30-45 seconds. There is a call to prayer several times a day.
Some pictures from Chapman. It is home to the PRT, Provincial Reconstruction Team. They travel around the province helping the locals complete school projects and other government building projects, like paving roads, improving government buildings, etc.
The main building, offices for the PRT. 
View from one of the tower/bunkers.
Some of them aren't exactly busy all the time and they have time to do stuff like this in the middle of the day. You might have to zoom in or enlarge the picture to see it, but look on top of the metal conexes in the middle of the picture. I didn't want to get too close when taking the picture, didn't want to disturb him. I included this last picture as proof to how hot it is getting here. The thermometer hit 110 F yesterday. I don't think it was actually that warm, the thermometer is on the porch which has direct sun in the afternoon. I think the porch holds the heat in, the actual temperature was probably closer to 100 F. Good weather for my sweet corn though, it's growing everyday.
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