Work Weekend 6

Saturday morning started out with our safety meeting.  We went over concrete safety.  I hope that means we will be doing concrete soon.  After the meeting, we broke up into different groups.  Pat (Debbie's helper) took one group and worked on Robert and Maria's lot (17).  Brandon, John, Steve, Leticia went back to work on Carlos and Jackie's lot (15).  Debbie, Deena, and myself started working on the last three houses that needed strings pulled.  Another group worked on rebar.   It was another hot day.  Our friend, Rhonda, brought out popsicles in the late afternoon.  Everyone took a break and enjoyed a popsicle.  (Thank you Rhonda.)

Deena and Tricia wiring the rebar together before we  pull strings on Deena's lot.

On Friday, a group came out and worked on rebaring Alfredo and Naty's house (lot 6).   So on Saturday, we only had a little bit left to finish up.  Phil came out and helped the rebar team make a board that helps them wire the rebar together outside of the footings then lower it inside. 

Lot 6 working on the rebar.

Rebar

Brandon, John, Steve, and Chris (volunteer) working on lot 15's footings.

Debbie and Michael wiring the rebar together.

Ian, David, and Michael pounding in rebar.

Hailee (volunteer) cleaning out footings.

Steve and Brandon

John and Chris working hard. 

Leticia hammering stakes on her house.

Delilah, Maria, Robert, and Jacob working on Leticia's garage footings.

Maria, Patricia, and Lupe cleaning out footings. (lot 13)

Luisa and her volunteer.

Rebar in the footings.

Deena' lot (7).  Ready for footing boards.

Jacob, Michael, Deena, and David working on the strings on my lot (10).

Brandon and Steve rechecking the footings on Brandon's house.

Chris taking a break from his hard work.

Maria and Roberts lot finished.

Sunday morning,  we got started right away.  We all went back to the groups we were with the day before and got to work were we left off.   Pat, Jeffery, Maria, Robert, Evelyn, and Delilah worked on Leticia's house (lot 14).  Debbie, Deena, and myself finished up pulling the string on John and my lot.  Brandon, John, Steve, Lupe, and Patricia worked on getting the boards up on Lupe's lot (8).  Jackie, Carlos, Maria, and Jacob worked on getting the kickers up on Debbie's house (lot 16).

Leticia and Robert in Leticia's garage.

Pat, Evelyn, and Robert putting up the first board on Leticia's house.

Leticia's house almost finished.

Leticia's garage complete.

John and Steve pounding in stakes on Lupe's lot (8).

Lupe's house at the end of the day.

Brandon, Dave (Deena's Dad), and Jeffery (Leticia's helper) cuting board.

Michael, Linda (Deena's Mom), Lupe, and Patricia standing in the only shade on Lupe's lot. 

 After we finished pulling the strings on my house, we got a new assignment.  Ripping boards.  We had to take a pile of old lumber and rip them down to 7 1/2 inches in width.  This was the first time that Deena and myself got to use the saw.

Deena getting ready to cut and me (Tricia) holding the board.

Deena cutting.

Me (Tricia) cutting.

By the end of the day, Deena and I felt more comfortable cutting boards.

John and Tricia's lot (10) ready for footings.

I finally feel like we are making some progress.  We only have 3 more house to put outside footing boards up on.  The rebar team made a lot of progress on Brandon and Patricia's lot (9). 

We very much appreciate all the people that came out this weekend to helped.

Prayer Requests:

1) Strength, energy, and health most families work all week and do this on the weekend.
2) We work hard and together to get these homes built.
3) For our safety.  We are using power tools,  there is rebar all over the place, and deep footings we have to work around.
4) For our families, we don't get to spend as much time with our children.

Psalm 19:7-14

⁷   The law of the Lord is  perfect, restoring the soul;

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
⁸ The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
⁹ The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.
¹⁰ They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
¹¹ Moreover, by them Your servant is warned;
In keeping them there is great reward.
¹² Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.
¹³ Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;
Let them not rule over me;
Then I will be  blameless,
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.
¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.