This is the verse that was impressed upon Fe's heart as we begin work on a house for her to live in.
Fe Canalas is the administrator here at the orphanage and makes everything run smoothly here. She is a social worker and works tirelessly to get all the paperwork completed for the kids. At times she is even doing work for the government officials so that the paperwork can keep moving. The officials, for whatever reason, will not get things done in a timely manner. So she is forced to do their work and then go to their office and get their signatures! Fe is always hard at work!
Since 2003 Fe has lived in house two in the orphanage. While it is a short commute to work for her, she has no privacy. It just so happens that there is an old house on the new property that could use a remodel. Well maybe more than a remodel! The board of directors decided to fix it up so that Fe could live there.
In no time at all the funds were raised and on Monday the work began. We are all hoping that in a few weeks Fe will have a place to herself. It will also be great to have someone staying across the road on the new property. Just to have a presence there will further discourage anyone from entering the property. The wall is great and will do it's job, but if someone is really determined they could probably figure out a way to get over it.
You might be wondering what is happening with the security wall. Well, it is 95% complete with only a few loose ends to tie up. There are a few grates to be put back up after the plastering of the columns is finished and a few caps to be put on top of columns. After that there will be a lot of clean up! We will post some pictures of that soon. However, since the remodel project started on Monday I wanted to let every body know about that.
Here are some pictures of the house before demolition began. Note the large cracks in the beams. It was because of these cracks that so much demolition was necessary.
Here are some pictures after one day of demolition.
As I look at how people look at "potential" dwellings in the Philippines and how we Americans are so easily discontent with our luxury I am humbled. May Fe be blessed beyond measure in her new home and may I be grateful with mine.
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