I haven't had a chance to write much since we actually got here on Saturday but things have moved well since arriving. Thankfully the Immodium has now sorted that out.
Once again we were treated to a wonderful welcome at the school where much of the building and teaching projects are taking place in a village called Hlalele. 800 children attend this school and it seemed like every single one of them came to greet us on Monday morning. They sang their National Anthem and some other songs which were nothing short of amazing. He welcome wasn't as warm on Tuesday morning, our National Anthem mustn't have been as good.......... 
As for the work, plenty has been done. The school building continues apace. The blocks for the new teachers offices and the science block are being laid faster than Enda Kenny can renege on a promise and much of this was done on Tuesday, easily the hottest day so far where the temperature was approximately 450,000 degrees Celsius by mid afternoon (in the shade).
As I write this it is now Saturday and I bring the good news of another Irish sporting triumph as we beat the Hlalele School team on penalties after a tight one all draw after normal time. A close first half saw yours truly playing in goal with the half finishing scoreless. The highlight of the first being Ger Devine's stern but fair challenge on the Hlalele centre forward. Ger had 20 years, 10 inches and about 30kg of an advantage on the  Hlalele target man and above all else Ger was wearing a pair of shorts so tight you could tell his religion. An intimidating sight on any field of play. Hlalele took and early second half lead when a certain goalkeeper, now playing dreadfully out of place at left back, was caught napping under a high ball and the Hlalele centre forward finished well with a big toe into the top corner. Incessant pressure from the Irish eventually lead to a well worked equaliser. The game finished in a draw and the dreaded penalty shootout followed. An early miss from the Irish was soon cancelled out and the 5th penalty fell to a certain someone who floated the ball Pirlo-like into the top corner. A final miss from the locals resulted in ecstatic scenes from the triumphant Irish, gaining revenge for last year's defeat. A well deserved victory was warmly applauded by the partisan crowd of  42,403 comfortably Hlalele's biggest crowd of the season so far.
I now read news of the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank or whatever it's called now. In view of this and 5 years of economic misery in Ireland I am going to apply for financial asylum here in Lesotho. Ireland may not register high up on Amnesty Internationals hit list of countries that are abusing their citizens but I reckon I have a better chance of getting by in a country that is over 100 places lower than Ireland in terms of GDP but it is a country that appears to have a Government that is answerable to the people rather than a bunch of anonymous faceless economists. It's slightly sad that what would otherwise be considered as an impoverished nation has more genuine and viable economic policies that a supposedly modern and well developed European nation. There is a slight irony in all of this, we are working with people and in a nation that is struggling to get by at times but has a desire to succeed and grow. Yet back home we have the same people striving to make their way but we have a Government that are inept, sly and gutless.

Anyway, rant over. Today is Saturday and the clouds have arrived which in some ways are welcome to suppress the ridiculous heat that we enjoyed (endured) during the week. All is going well here, a few hiccups along the way but a wonderful bunch of students and workers have made great progress this week.