Work Weekend 16

Saturday morning started out as usual with our safety meeting on using tools safely.  Facio set a goal of getting four house ready for inspection, so we could have a professional crew come in and pour the slabs on lot 6, 9, 12, and 13.  We were divided into our work crews.  Pat, David, Jacob, and John (Evelyn's helper) worked on the inside forms on lot 16 (Debbie's) and lot 15 (Carlos and Jackie's).  Debbie, Deena, Patricia, and myself worked on finishing the bolts on lot 14 (Leticia's).  After we finished, we moved to lot 12 and 13 to do rebar.  Maria, Jackie, Luisa, Yasmin, and Luisa's father worked on the rebar for lot 11(Steve and Maria's).  John, Brandon, Steve, Carlos, Paul, Saul, Alfredo, Alfredo's helper, Luisia helper,  Evelyn, Maria, and Wendy worked on sanding lot 12.  After it was done, Evelyn, and Maria, and Wendy helped to work on rebar lot 12 and 13.

 

Jacob, David, Pat and John working on lot 16 inside forms.

Deena and myself working on bolts

Lot 13 getting the ground ready for sand.

Lot 12 with part of the grid done.

lot 13 getting plastic laid down.

David and Jacob cleaning out the footings on lot 16.

Pat and John building a box in lot 15 garage.

Lot 12 with the grid complete and ready for inspection.

lot 16 forms going up.

lot 16

Sunday morning we got back to work where we left off.  Leticia and her family joined Maria, Wendy, and Evelyn to do the grid rebar on lot 9.  Debbie, Deena, Lupe, Patricia, and myself had to go back and add a piece of rebar around the edge of he whole house on lot 12 and 13.  Pat, John, and Jacob continued working on the inside forms.  The rest of the group worked on sanding lot 9 and fixing lot 6 rebar.

Lot 9 getting grid rebar.

 In the last 30 minutes everyone finshed there jobs and came down to lot 6 to rebar the garage.

Lot 6.

lot 6 finished.

lot 9 finsihed

lot 16

lot 11 with rebar

lot 12

Lot 13

We finshed all four lots.  YEAH!!!  We worked hard this weekend.  The four houses will be inspected on Monday.  If we pass, they should be poured this week.  Next weekend, we are going to finish getting lot 17, 16, 15, and 14 ready for inspection. 

Prayer Requests:

1) cooler weather.
2) group unity and that we would be able to show grace to each other.
3) safety, strength, and endurance for everyone in the group.
4) Wisdom for Facio on how to teach us each step.
5) We would be quick learners and do our skills well.


Since I started building the house, The book of Psalms has become my favorite book to read everyday.  I have struggled with wanting to get the house done faster.  I have to remind myself that God is sovereign over this process and is using the house to grow me closer to him.  The book of Psalms helps me keep my eyes on the Lord.

Psalm 34

The Lord, a Provider and Deliverer.

34 I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
² My soul will make its boast in the Lord;
The humble will hear it and rejoice.
³ O magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.

⁴ I sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.
⁶ This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.

⁸ O taste and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
⁹ O fear the Lord, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.
¹⁰ The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.
¹¹ Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
¹² Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?
¹³ Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
¹⁴ Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶ The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷ The righteous cry, and the Lord hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
²⁰ He keeps all his bones,
Not one of them is broken.
²¹ Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
²² The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.