New Agora School Update

When I first arrived in Japan, 15 years ago, one thing that struck me was how in most construction concrete pumps always seemed to be used. Even on a new home's foundation the contraption was there making the wheelbarrow obsolete.

Yesterday, however, it was the technology that caught my eye. In the second photo notice the fellow in blue looking down at his belt. He is operating, by remote control, the concrete mixer, the pump, and its speed of flow. The ten, or so, men around him are all working in harmony without saying a word. Quite impressive! Oh, and eight cement trucks later the work was completed by lunch time!!

While I watched the men work (they occasionally looked up amused to see a westerner looking at them - I probably looked totally out of place) I realized how my new school and the 20 year investment was contributing to so many workers' salaries and their families' welfare. It was a nice feeling.