Goal Achieved

May 25, 2010

Wow! I am still amazed that we are where we are. We have a roof on our house! The windows are in , the outside doors on. Our house is secure! After all the set-backs, we have arrived at the goal we’ve been pressing toward. Our house is ready to move in! All I can […]

Check, check, check

May 12, 2010

Windows – √ Doors – √ Floor – √ We got a call today from the village. The team has finished the floor! Woohoo! And, they installed all the barred windows and the outer doors. WOW! And, they even had time to stucco the kitchen. Thank you, Lord! The guy who made our cabinets is […]

Lumber

April 12, 2010

On our last trip, we were able to finally talk to the foreman at a lumber mill on the road to our village. We placed the order for our lumber needs for our house with him. He said they’d have it all cut and ready within a week. The foreman ended up getting called away […]

Progression

April 10, 2010

Now, we’re all ready to put our roof on and pour our concrete floors. As soon as that is done, we will move in!

And they rose back up again

March 6, 2010

In the few days we were in the village, we were able to make lots of progress on the house. Dan and the construction team worked to repair the damage of the rains and brought the walls up to the level they were beforehand. They were able to get a few more rows on so […]

And the walls came a-tumblin’ down

March 3, 2010

While we were making our way up the road to the village, some of our friends were coming down toward the town. They were going to register a child and take care of some community business. We both stopped and chatted a while before getting back in our vehicles and heading our respective ways. During […]

House Progress

February 16, 2010

In November, the guys on our team took our house plans out to the village, hired some guys to build our foundation and lay our adobes and hauled the rock and sand that they would need. In December, most of the team went out to spend time in the community and get the second house […]

Packing again

February 16, 2010

We’re getting ready for another trip into the village, and that means packing again. It’s getting easier and easier, because after a few times, I know what I need and what I don’t need. Please pray for us for safety in traveling. Please pray that the roads would be dry enough to make it into […]

Progress

January 27, 2010

The guys got back today from the village. They hauled over 30 pick-up loads of dirt to fill in our foundation! The building team took a break so that they could just shovel the dirt from the pickup right into the house. The team got started again when they’d finished the fill. We have 6 […]

In the Meantime…

January 23, 2010

Between trips into the village or while the guys are out on a trip, we are busy back home getting ready for the next trip. I am learning how to drive a standard vehicle. Our mountain vehicles are standard, and it’s a skill that I’m sure will come in handy in the future. We zip […]