With three different building projects going on at the same time we divided up the teams and went to work. The house, school, and fence all started today with a nice sunny day to boot. With water in hand and suncreen applied we headed off for a hard days work. The house build went to work with the hope of getting the walls up and roof panels on. At noon we were still working on the walls but by 3 pm we were ready to stand walls and throw on the roof. The house got a lot of work done today but we have a long way to go to finish the house. It was great to see people that had never swang a hammer grab a hammer and learn how to put a 3 inch nail into a 2 x 4.
The school build did a great deal of work today with a site double a regular house build. The crew painted panels, built walls, and are ready to stand up walls tomorrow. The school is 20 x 44 with some larger windows on the long sides of the building.
The fence crew mixed and hauled concrete and stood up poles today accomplishing setting up half the poles. All the poles will be set in concrete tomorrow, ready to put the chain link fence on once the concrete dries.
We got a bunch of work done today but just as important are the relationships we made while building. Young kids came and nailed 2 x 4 together and help paint panels and each other. The mom at the house site painted panels and helped stand up walls, she was impressed with our work. Her house is now standing tomorrow we will paint inside and out and put the roof on.
Here are some pictures of the day.
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| Walls of House |
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| 4 Walls UP |
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| House Roop Panels |
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| Concrete Mixing |
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| Fence Line |
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| Pre-school site |
Interesting thought: 26,000 is the poverty line in Canada 86% of the rest of the world makes less then that amount.
Thanks for the pictures, it is nice to see what you are up to and what it is like there. What we would do without digital cameras and the internet.
ReplyDelete...way to go Tanner... pound that nail home!
Blessings on you all.