Doors, walls, and gravel.

By all reports from our relatives who were able to go to Calvin College and watch Rangeela, Eli did well. We caught a few seconds here and there of the first part of the Middle East dance but our internet sadly just could not handle it.

TWCH has a team here right now working on various projects and a large medical team coming in for clinics next week. This means that there are cooks..taking over the food preparations and dish washing as well as new people to interact with at meals and after the work day.

The mason who's working on our interior walls didn't come last week but he and a helper started putting up the metal frames yesterday. Now they are out of supplies, which have been delayed coming from Port au Prince but maybe they will arrive tomorrow.

Making cheap pine doors look good

The last three evenings we've experienced heavy, cold rain which is good for filling the cisterns but not so great for folks trying to get projects done.

Yesterday Cory and I were working on a down stairs doorframe in our house when the rain started. The water flowing into our cistern sounded like a huge bathtub filling up.

Some of this water will be used to plaster our interior walls.

Working to try to arrange for more  metal for the wall frames to come up the mountain along with the 4" thick sheets of styrofoam and fiberglass screen that will be plastered to make the walls.

Plastering mortar already arrived but  we are waiting for the other supplies.

The digging crew has moved to a deposit we had noticed in the driveway to get more chalk/sand to plaster the walls. 

Not sure if the two man masonry crew will stay up next week as most of the housing will be full of the medical team and support staff.

We've offered to let them stay at the house and to purchase a couple of mattresses for them.

Dealing with many unknowns and uncertainties at this time..not only us but Elijah as well. Thank you for the prayers.