Hard Work Paying Off

You can only praise God from whom all blessings flow. Bill and Joe finished up the benches today and they promised I could be in the group picture. After all, I did help in this project it’s just I was doing floaters between George and these two. What fantastic men these are. They love as love should love.

George and I, after all the work we put into the trusses, finally got one up and in place today. These things are beasts. They have to be to carry the load of the mission house. This will surly be a nice place. I think these 10 heavy trusses kicked our butts. The prep work that went into each one was intense.

Tomorrow is the last day for this trip and we plan to work only a half day. Our plan is to try and get two more trusses set. This project has not seen the last of me. I am sure to be back to try and help TEM get this behind them so they can carry on with the new facility. I love working closely with the Haitian bosses. Everyone doing his part for the one goal of kingdom expansion. Amen.

Dos amigos Joe and Bill, if it ain’t working fix it with a pen
Dos amigos Joe and Bill, if it ain’t working fix it with a pen
Madam Philistine fixing some much needed grind for the kids
Madam Philistine fixing some much needed grind for the kids
Happy to eat
Happy to eat
A little goes a long way.
A little goes a long way.
Kenny and George getting geared up to continue welding
Kenny and George getting geared up to continue welding
Yes, that’s me being welder dude, tacking the last piece together before setting # 1 truss
Yes, that’s me being welder dude, tacking the last piece together before setting # 1 truss
That ‘bout does it.
That ‘bout does it.
 ... and we are waiting for what?
... and we are waiting for what?
Master block layers
Master block layers
One, two, three ... lift
One, two, three ... lift
Lifting truss #1 into position
Lifting truss #1 into position
Finding the center of the building is crucial
Finding the center of the building is crucial
George tacking the trusses out at the ends
George tacking the trusses out at the ends
trusses in the storm
Dodging rain and lightening and with a little help from our Haitian bros, by late afternoon we finally got the first truss set. Praise God from whom all blessings flow