{"id":2372,"date":"2013-03-28T01:03:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2013-03-28T01:16:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T15:16:50","slug":"needed-more-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/bart-allen\/2013\/03\/28\/needed-more-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Needed: More Wood!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our last post, we shared that Bart was heading into the tribe to work on getting wood for our house.\u00a0 The trip didn’t go exactly as we had hoped and planned.<\/strong>\u00a0 The chainsaw mill the guys were using to slab lumber didn’t want to keep working and not very many Amdu men were interested in going out to help cut poles or carry them in.\u00a0 By the end of those two weeks, instead of having a big pile of lumber and poles sitting near our house site ready to use, only about half of the needed amount was cut.\u00a0 And of that amount, less than 1\/4 of it has been carried to our house site.\u00a0 The rest of it is still sitting out in the jungle!<\/strong>\u00a0 But even in those “setbacks” we saw the Lord at work.\u00a0 Instead of just focusing on the roadblocks to getting the wood, Bart was able to spend more time with the people in our village.\u00a0 We are there not just to build a house, but to build strong relationships with the Amdu people!\u00a0 But we do need a house, so we continue to pray that the process of getting the necessary wood will be accomplished soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are a few photos to give you an idea of what the process of getting this wood looked like.<\/p>\n

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Some Amdu guys out in the jungle using the chainsaw mill to cut 2x3's for our house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A close-up of the saw in action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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2x3's cut and ready to be carried to our house site (with Bart and one of the Amdu guys in the background)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Time for a little break!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A pile of poles that will also be used in our house - some as rafters and some as wall studs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Getting the poles to this point takes a lot of work.\u00a0 After cutting down the tree, the bark has to be beaten and then pulled off.\u00a0 Multiply that by a couple hundred poles…<\/p>\n

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One of the "trails" leading to where our 2x3's were being cut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The "path" to where the poles were being cut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The airstrip "socked in" - the reason Bart was two days late getting out of Amdu last time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Bart leaves in the morning for another stretch in the tribe.\u00a0 The latest plan is for the house to be liveable for our family by the end of that time.\u00a0 However, with the wood still not being at our house site, things may go slower than we had hoped.\u00a0 Please pray for us as we trust the Lord with the timing of all that has to happen in order for our family to get moved into the Amdu tribe.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The way the "house" looked when Bart left it two weeks ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’re so thankful for the skilled men who have worked on our house so far – giving it a good foundation.\u00a0 We don’t have to worry that in a few years it will look like this house in our village!<\/p>\n

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Time to rebuild!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u00a0Stay tuned for more news and photos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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