We’ve had an exciting few days here at NVM in Chambrun. On Wednesday we started digging the foundation for the Children’s Home. It’s amazing how hard these Haitian men work. They dig down 30 inches in the hard soil. They dig the footer for all the walls including the interior walls. The walls are all concrete block including the interior. So they all require a foundation under them. The digging crew of nine men works from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm for $5.00 a day.
Don Bradley arrived earlier this week as well. He is an architect who had designed our hospital, Children’s Home, and second floor on the preschool building. He’s here for a few days. He has been very patiently going over all the plans for the buildings. He asked me to help him keep an eye on things while he is gone. So, I’ll be overseeing two separate construction projects. We have a team of welders coming down the first of March. They will be welding the steel truss on top of the walls. We have a lot of work to get done between now and then to make sure everything is ready for them.
Today we got another container in to the compound. It was full of vitamin fortified rice. We used the fork truck to unload 38 pallets of food. Then we took the container off the chassis. Once we got the container set, we loaded all the food back in. All the food is taken off the skids when we reloaded it. Each pallet has 32 boxes on it. So we loaded 1216 boxes in about 2 hours. I was proud of Anna, Jeremiah, and Jacob. They pitched in and helped the whole time. It is amazing how much work a team of 15 people can accomplish when working together. It reminds me of the Scripture where Paul talks about their being many different parts to the body, yet they all work together to make the body work efficiently.
Don Bradley arrived earlier this week as well. He is an architect who had designed our hospital, Children’s Home, and second floor on the preschool building. He’s here for a few days. He has been very patiently going over all the plans for the buildings. He asked me to help him keep an eye on things while he is gone. So, I’ll be overseeing two separate construction projects. We have a team of welders coming down the first of March. They will be welding the steel truss on top of the walls. We have a lot of work to get done between now and then to make sure everything is ready for them.
Today we got another container in to the compound. It was full of vitamin fortified rice. We used the fork truck to unload 38 pallets of food. Then we took the container off the chassis. Once we got the container set, we loaded all the food back in. All the food is taken off the skids when we reloaded it. Each pallet has 32 boxes on it. So we loaded 1216 boxes in about 2 hours. I was proud of Anna, Jeremiah, and Jacob. They pitched in and helped the whole time. It is amazing how much work a team of 15 people can accomplish when working together. It reminds me of the Scripture where Paul talks about their being many different parts to the body, yet they all work together to make the body work efficiently.