The Dorm Rooms are now all plastered!

Don't they look great! The dorm rooms are ready for floors and paint.

Hey new shoes for the workers-Thanks Donnie Ott

They all made the trip well and we had no problems in customs. Christian eyeing his new prize Rudy looking them over good. Rudy and Son having fun picking out their new shoes. William taking a pair. Fico taking his turn Melvin with a huge smile while getting his new work boots. This is a very contented group of guys with brand new boots. Thanks again Don for thinking of this.

New Base Septic Project

Here you can see the three stage septic tank being layed up with block This area is where the water will be filtered before reentering the creek. Another view of the filter box. It is real difficult here to use a drain field type system to get rid of your gray water. Myron Mullet from Colorado is helping us design a way to clean the water before putting it back into the eco-system. It should be a great example to the community on how simple water treatment plants can be made. Thanks Myron for your help.

We finally have more to show on the Progress of the New Base

Today we dug the area to put in the septic and filter box. Last week Myron Mullet was here again for one week and helped us plan out what we are doing for the septic. He is planning on returning the second week of April to install all the water lines and infrastructure for the septic. We have a one week team here right now. They are installing the facia trim metal and painting. Dan Yoder from Middlebury is also here. He is here for several week. Dan has been working on putting all the ceilings in the bathroooms of the Dorm rooms. Dan has been a huge blessing.

Day five - What a fabulous finish!!!

This is what it looked like at about 3:00 pm on Friday afternoon! This is what it looked like at 4:00 pm as the guys finished up! I just want to say thank you to all that came on and made this outreach possible. For me this has been the high light of this project so far. Only in my dreams could I imagine getting all this work done in one week. But let's take time to praise God for his faithfullness during this outreach. It never rained one drop during the work time, that is a miracle this time of year. No one was injured during all this work. We had minor things happen like some bug bites and a few stitches but nothing serious. We had all the materials necessary. Everyone worked togather well and we had a great time. God was here with us and he showed his faithfullness and the work that was done was a testimony to all that observed it. Special thanks to George Hofsommer for leading this team. Also special thanks to Vern Heacock, Phil Heacock and Roger Hoover for your leadership in building the roofs. God used you all mightly this week to further his kingdom here in the Dominican Republic. Blessings to all of you until you can return.

Day four of the ROLF and Heacock Outreach!

We just wanted you to know really how much revelation 15 year Paul Marner got on this trip. He has decided that God is calling him to be a taxi driver in the DR. We thought maybe he should test his skills first. Hope Janelle has good insurance!!! Tyler decided that he needed a shot in the arm to keep him going. So we turned Doctor Alba loose on him!!! Nothing like team work to get the job done. Coffee break time. We could all use more of these! Trennis you the man! Go Lamont! Don't those dorm rooms look nice wth the porches on them? It is totally amazing what a difference a few people can make in one week for the Kingdom of God. Would't it be amazing it we live and worked like all the time. The world would change right before our very own eys. Thanks so much to all of you that have been supporting this project both financially and in prayer.

Day three progress!

I am sorry not to have any action shots from today. You will just have to see the progress in the buildings. As you can see we made great progress today. We have all the metal on two of the four roofs and should have all the metal on all four roofs tomorrow. We have a lot of detail stuff to do yet but we are confident we will be able to make a huge difference tomorrow. Blessings and keep checking for more updates. Remember to keep praying for the funds to complete this project. We still need between $125,000 to $175,000 to get us moved into the facility. Thanks so much for your support.

Day two of the Outreach!

Ellen, Ruth, and Amy painting again. Willie and Ruben Miller playing roof monkeys! Ray, Mitch, Brad, and Lamont building knee walls! The heavy equipment at work again. Vern Heacock, Laban Miller and Verle Stutzman cutting out and assembling trusses. Trennis Vaughn and Brad Dewald framing the third dorm room. Wes Miller up on the ladder. All I have to say is, where is the keyboard? A good look at many of the gang at work. Well, what do you think of the progress of day two? I think it is amazing what is getting done in such a short time. I wasn't sure we could get all four roofs done in five days but I am starting to believe it is possible. Praise God for perfect weather so far. It has been around 80 each day with lots of sun. Too bad for those of you from Indiana that didn't come!