Yesterday, God held the rain back enough for us to get the site prepared and compacted. Praise Jesus! We next had to lay the forms and place the rebar. David told me to put all of my P90X training to use start bending the rebar for the slab. Now, not wanting to show off I decided to use the bucket on the front loader than to bend it with hands ;-). Frank and I cut and formed some 50 rods of rebar.
Also, God gave Tarek the idea to build a tent with saw horses, roof truss, and some siding over the slab site to allow it to stay dry -- And as of this morning -- the site stayed dry over night; which was good because ..... Well, it rained. Anyway, the rest of the site was prepared and today we are ready to mix and pour concrete.
Other updates, Ashley and Ms Viki (AK) has been keeping us well fed. Ashley has been baking us cookies with lots and lots of butter, butter and well more butter. They are sooooooo good.
Chuck and Meredith, did one of the most important jobs for when the kids are here. They cleared and downed trees to make the area safe! Thank you two - that is hard and very necessary work.
Well, it is breakfast time. I will try to update and add some pictures later.
Please keep praying for our team!
I hear in my dada's e-mail that you guys are laying concrete today. That's back breaking! I wish I was there to give you guys a back massage afterwards.
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I do miss those cookies! I am glad to see everything is going ok up there, except the rain. Maybe that's why I wasn't called this year... Lord knows how I feel about the rain! It was a weird/sad feeling sending you guys off this year and not being on the team. Tell Tarek and the other guys I hate I missed them and tell Chuck to give our team a big bearhug from me... squeez'm Chuck!
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