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Now we’re rolling again. We awoke to the sun shining (thanks for praying) and we went right up on the roof and finished it off. Shortly thereafter the helicopter showed up with reinforcements and (from left to right) Bill, Bryan, Travis, and Brian got to return home to their families. Solar panels went up on […]

Well, the weather is still not cooperating. We would really appreciate your prayers for some sunshine tomorrow. The roof is all covered except the roof cap and one edge. We can’t get up there and finish it off until the tin is dry enough to walk on. The inside of our house has been wet […]

Week one is done. We’re all alive and well and other than some minor cuts, sore muscles, and one nasty centipede bite, we’ve had a good week. The weather was not very cooperative today but we accomplished a good bit more. The tin roofing is 3/4 done and these four guys are thinking of getting […]

Today was that day – the day everything doesn’t go smooth. The day things go wrong. 7:30 this morning Travis reached into his bag to pull out his tool. As his hand went into the bag he felt something latch on and instinctively he shook his hand to get it off. A centipede was on […]

Another day, and it was another good one. No falls, no injuries, no deaths – only me making myself bleed twice and Travis making me bleed once. Once again we had pretty much perfect weather. The clouds kept the sun off us and we almost made it the whole day without rain. A brief shower […]

We woke to the sound of pouring rain but by 8am it had stopped and it never started again. Four days down and rain has yet to really slow us up. Praise the Lord. Everyone is still healthy and kicking and seemed to have a bit more energy at the end of this day. The […]

We are weary. We had another good day of incident-free building and cooperative weather but by this afternoon we were dying. We’re tired, we’re sore, and we’re sun burnt but morale is still high. Brian, Bryan, Bill, Travis, and I have enjoyed working together and getting to know each other more. The four guys are […]

The helicopter woke us all up before 6:00 this morning but by 11am it had made its last run. A few more things will be coming in next week but otherwise all the materials and all our personal belongings are now in Pal. We got rained on a bit today but all in all it […]

The helicopter made 11 trips into Pal today. I was on the first which arrived at 7:45am and the last, carrying my water tank, came at 4:30 this afternoon. Tomorrow the helicopter pilots will be starting early and, with another 6 trips or so, they should be finishing by early afternoon. We had beautiful weather […]

The materials are purchased, packed, and ready. All the flights are scheduled and the work crews set. Time to build! We’re so excited to see our house go up and for the first time in our lives have a home that is ours. Maggie and I, in our 9.5 years of marriage, lived in 10 […]