FOB Smart at 1945 - Tuesday
We completed a mission this morning to observe progress on three of my projects nearby, including a hospital expansion, a ministerial offices project, and a perimeter wall project.
Another holiday is fast approaching here in Afghanistan, Eid al-Adha, or "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid," is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Isma'il) as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead. The meat is divided into three parts. The family retains one third of the share, another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors, and the other third is given to the poor and needy.
With the pending Eid coming, most personnel from contractors working on my assigned projects have already started their mass travelling back to their familial homes. With them leaving, the projects shut down again. Fortunately, this holiday lasts for only three days and then the workers slowly start making their way back to Qalat. During the winter months we anticipate an extreme slowdown of progress and an excellent opportunity to go through all of our active project files and ensure they are updated and soundly organized.
I also had another mission this afternoon to observe progress on two additional assigned projects and then completed "route recon" into two nearby villages. I had maybe 20 lollipops and 30 little toys to hand out to the local children. They lasted about 10 seconds and there were what seemed to be hundreds of children everywhere! I thoroughly enjoy interacting with the kids every time I go out. There were multiple faces of anger, seemingly directed toward our presence, but many more faces of joy and appreciation!
All in all, the day was solid and I am pleased with the results of my work.
143, Kaesen.
Good night and good day.
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