Tag: house

And they rose back up again

And they rose back up again

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 […]
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And the walls came a-tumblin’ down

And the walls came a-tumblin’ down

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 […]
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House Progress

House Progress

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 […]
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Packing again

Packing again

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 […]
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Progress

Progress

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 […]
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What in tarnation?

What in tarnation?

We made this a few days ago.  The guys on the team are getting ready to make another trip to the village and will take it with them.  Any guesses? another angle:
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New Reality

New Reality

On Friday, the same pilots who took the picture below passed over our house-site again.  They took this picture.  The construction team had started to work again and had accomplished quite a bit in the week.  As you can see, they’ve finished the foundation for the outside walls and have finished one of the inside […]
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Reality Stinks, Sometimes

Reality Stinks, Sometimes

The pilots that fly for our organization were flying over our area on Sunday and took this picture for us.  This is pretty much how we left it over two weeks ago.  We had planned, had understood that the construction crew would be finished with the foundation and walls by next week.  But, now, it […]
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Our House

Our House

Well, we don’t have a house yet.  We were hoping that our foundation and walls would be completed when we went out on our last visit to the village.  And, we were planning on getting the 2nd house started.  But, as we didn’t realize just how much cement we’d need for the foundation, the construction […]
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