Praise the Lord with us!!!!
We poured the roof on the second story of the new orphan facility!!!! The bottom floor is the eating/kitchen area and the second story is one of the dormitories. A few weeks ago, 28 workers showed up at 6:00am and we started working. It was a much harder job this time as we had to walk up two flights of stairs to pour each bucket of cement.
This gets us closer to moving into the new facility within the next month or so, as this is what we are praying and hoping for. The facility will not be completely finished but we believe that it is the best thing for the children and for the family that cares for the children on a daily basis.
Below are many photos from the day that we poured the roof as well as other pics leading up to that glorious day.
I have also included a link to a 7 min youtube video of us pouring the roof. Take a look if you have a few minutes as I think that you will find it very interesting...to see the way that we work down here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR12yBxhGpE
This pic was taken on 8/16/09 which was one of the first days we began work on the second story...
Next two photos show more progress on the second story...
Supports for the boards that the cement will poured on for making the second story...
Pics of the boards from underneath and above...
The opening is where the staircase will be from the first story to second...
The tubing for the electrical cables for the building...
Can you say 150? As in 150 bags of cement that we used to pour the roof!!!!!!
I had the easier job of carrying the 100lb bags out to where we mixed the cement...I really had no desire to carry those buckets of cement up two flights of stairs!!!!!
A load of gravel...
A little aqua as well....
Mix it all up and then put it into some buckets...
Then off the guys went, climbing up the two stories...
First floor...
Second story...
Then they poured out each bucket...bucket by bucket!!!!
Then other workers would smooth out the cement...
This is the last bucket of cement that was poured....hallelujah!!!!
A photo from above! All those little dots at the bottom right corner are half bags of cement...
And then lunch...chicken, beans, rice, chile, and tortillas!!!! Um um good!!!
All the gang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all so much as we would never have been able to arrive at this day without all of your prayerful and financial support....blessings to all!
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