Finishing Strong

Well I have been working on a post for awhile now and still don't have it finished. But I had to post some pictures from today. We have a smaller crew than the 20-35 we had for the past 3 months. So with 6 hired workers, Kuya Eric, and myself we are tackling the remaining works. Specifically final grading of the soil, pickup and bagging of the excess gravel and sand, and general cleanup.

I needed more workers but the budget is getting a little tight, so I recruited these workers for room and board! See below.

This will be a slotted concrete drain cover. The wall goes over this 4 foot culvert. This area sees a tremendous volume of water from the road. Going over the culvert saved a lot of money versus dropping the wall down into the ravine.

Here Brita and Dan are cutting up a cement bag. The 3" by 4" rails need reinforced fiber concrete for strength. This is our version of fiber concrete.

We also have a new supervisor and can be very hard to please. I don't know if Kuya Eric's work meets her approval or not.

There is work at the house and the Australian work team headed by Elisa is taking the project by storm. They are painting walls and adding a ceiling, and tile! I am in awe of how so many people from so many countries join together to support the tremendous work Rehoboth does.

Sarah, Fe, and Elisa varnishing the door.

Can you really have this much fun and be painting? I think it is staged!

Sometimes a paint can is all you need.

Sid doing some sanding in the bedroom.

Tyler working hard with Kuya Eric and Kuya Rommie

It really struck me the last few days how amazing God is. We have a house that needed to be almost completely demolished. Then it was built back up. It is not much to look at on the outside, but it's being transformed on the inside first. That is how God deals with us. He doesn't care about how good we look on the outside, or what others say about what we have done. He tears down all the old broken parts in us and rebuilds us from the inside out to make us beautiful and holy. I want to be just like this house, not much on the outside, but bursting with beauty and love on the inside!

My other post will come soon!