May 28, 2008

Camp Workday Report

Aaaaaand....we're back.

Actually, been back for a few days...just with no time to blog. What follows are some pictures from the workday we had at the Iguatu camp.

This is yours truly shoveling sand into the truck. Notice the FORM!

This is the cabin known as "Central" before we started work. Notice the bare-brick walls and floor. The tiles on the roof are not easily seen, but were in dire need of repair.

The other project we tackled this week was an open-air shower on the girls side of the camp. Our goal was to build a "modesty wall" around it, and put in a cement floor.

My first job was to make sure we had enough food and tools for the workers. This picture shows me returning from town with supplies--edible and otherwise.

One of our area pastors, Clederson, was there to lend a hand. Here he is carrying bricks to the construction site.

Work at the cabin gets underway.

The wall goes up.

One of our workers wanted to prove he was a "macho man"--as if spending all day in the sun on top of a tile roof weren't enough. And yes, that is me getting ready to hand him a stack of tiles.

Here is a picture of the cabin as it looks now. The only thing left to do is to put a sidewalk in front of it. The wall at the shower was constructed on three sides. There is another group of men coming to build the other side of it in the next couple of weeks.

Besides the projects that were begun, the big victory this week was seeing the churches pull together to support a project like this--both financially and in manpower. All told, the national churches raised close to $1,000.00 for the project.

We have already set aside a date for next year to do the same thing.

Posted by Andrew on May 28, 2008 5:37 PM.