Thursday, August 2, 2012

Day four- we poured the piers!

Today we decided to start the workday with a prayer at the site, and it served to unite us into a well-oiled machine. Corinna, Zara, Hannah and Becky were maniacs with shovels; they shoveled rocks, mixed up the concrete with shovels on the floor, and shoveled the concrete into innumerable buckets so the guys could fill the forms. Bruce and Tom did a phenomenal job building two of the most complex forms, and Mark and Dave/Gene were superb at customizing the forms that had to butt up against the biggest stones. It was amazing to watch Jonathon and Adam stand on top of sawhorses and pour buckets of concrete into the piers.  Jim kept everything humming, and took a day off of injuring himself; he injured Justin instead :) Justin was great today, moving bags of cement and wheelbarrows full of rocks before helping mix and pour the concrete (even after Jim clipped him with the shovel).
Matt and Mark were everywhere, as usual. Mark is quickly becoming the Go-to guy for the orphanage, fixing everything from compressors to engines.
What a wonderful day- we're exhausted and covered with bruises, but we had a great time together and we poured all of the piers. Yahoo!
Amy

5 comments:

  1. What an exciting day- it brings back many memories in Peru! The blogs are just fabulous- thank you for writing!! Love to all! Susie :)

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  2. I had the same thoughts, Susie. I too pictured Peru when reading. They must all be sleeping like all the babies at the orphanage right now from all that mixing and lifting. Major event accomplished in the construction process. YAHOO!!!! jim weick

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  3. We are so proud of you "guys" and all that you're accomplishing. It is so exciting to read the updates and hear how your team spirit is growing as well as your servant heart spirits. Hope you don't put our team to shame by comparison. We don't want anyone to say, "Oh, Team 3 were the slackers!" We have a high mark to reach! Carolyn P

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