Jonthan Thompson and Leon Bushee did a great job of getting the warehouse painted. It has a few areas that need some paint yet but is really close to having everthing done. Great job guys!! Leon and his wife Natalie stayed in the apartment this last week so now it is ready for guests and waiting for Carlos to move in. It is really exciting to see things come to completion.
The Chapel has come a long way in the last month. The group from the "The Chapel" in North Canton, Ohio did agreat job of poring the cement beam around the top. It is now ready for a roof which we are planning that River of Life from Middlebury In. will do that in January. Then it will need to have the plastering done and the floor poured. We can't wait to use this building.
The last several weeks we have been concentrating on the three dorm rooms. For those of you that have been here in the last two months you probably think that things are going pretty slow. One thing that has held us up is doing all the back fill by hand. We have finally finished and have most everything back filled to floor level. It you have ever moved tosca (that is the rock and dirt fill that we use) with a shovel, you know it is no easy task. We moved 300 cubic meters of material, mostly by hand. For that reason it has taken a while but we are on the move again. The first dorm room is ready for the cement beam above the windows and the second will be ready on Tuesday of this week if it doesn't rain. Our goal is to have the three dorms ready for roofs by January 20, 2007 when the group from River of Life comes. Praise God for His faithfullness!!!
Sorry to say there has been very little progress here. The building company finally got the stairway fixed and it looks good now. We also installed the wire mesh on the second floor so we are ready to pour concrete. For the most part we have not done much here in the last month.
This is what is going to be the cistern. Right now it is a small swimming pool. It will hold 20,000 gallons of water when complete and have a nice gazebo above it that will provide an exceptional view of the mountain. The cistern will provide constant gravity water flow to all the construction below. Continue to pray for us as we continue to be faithful to what God has called us to. We have spent about $200,000 on this project and need about another $100,000 to be able to bring the project to a some what completed stage. Our target date to complete the project is April 30, 2007 but may not be realistic. If not, then we will hope to be done sometime in the fall of 2007. Thanks to all of you that have participated in this project and have prayed for us. We love you and cherish your support.
Lowell Troyer
SI/DR Director
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My eyes are welling with tears as I see God's hand on this project! I will be praying for continued wisdom, financial support and strength as the new Base is being built. Thanks so much to all those that have helped. It has really come a long way since I was there in July as an intern.
-Cammy
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