Construction Project {Spring 2013}

As many of you likely know, a major goal of the trip was to work on expanding the mission building. The mission was built to house around 40 children, and currently it holds almost 100. Thus, we headed down with a crew of strong, skilled men to accomplish the construction plans that Brian Sams and Brian Nelson had laid out. Rather than me sharing lots of pictures, here is a video we created that nicely explains the building project. (The first half talks about the building project; the end of the video has other information about our trip that I will also be writing about in another post.)

I hope that the video gives you a good idea of the work that is going on down there. Here are a few other pictures that I took during the week of the construction work

Dad and Daniel working together :)

Daniel shoveling and sifting sand

A snapshot from up on top; you can see where the girls (pink)
and boys (blue) bathrooms used to be

Looking up at the construction from down by the school

Dad welding

Daniel and Jonny mixing cement

The guys at work again
(I love how the picture is enhanced by the beautiful background)

Our whole crew sitting on the roof that had been put on by the guys
during the week

As you can see, the guys were busy all week working on this project. It was incredible to see how God had His hand over the project all week and orchestrated everything. The work went smoothly and the guys finished what they had set out to accomplish in good time. Brian Sams said his favorite moment of the trip was when he realized that they were going to finish the project in time. And of course, we were all thankful for safety during the entire project! It was so incredible to experience how God was completely able to use the time, tools, and individuals available to complete this task.

"Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves,

but our competence comes from God." - 2 Corinthians 3:5

The last picture basically shows how we left the building at the end of the week. The hope is to return in the fall and continue the work.

 

 

Check out the "Girls' School Project" post to read about the work us girls did during the week.