Work Week 37

We started with our usual Saturday morning meeting.  We voted about whether we would work Easter Sunday.  The vote was divided.  So those that want to work will work, those who want to take it off will have to make up the hours. We then were divided up for work.  John, Brandon, Paul, Jeffery, and Kevin (volunteer) started working on putting the posts on the front porches.  Steve, Pat, Jacob, and Ken (volunteer) continued working on front porch forms.  Patricia, Lupe, Jackie, Maria, Leticia, Luisa, Andy, Tony, Andres, Delilah, Maria, Robert, Alfredo, Naty, and Evelyn worked on framing pick up.  Deena, Debbie, Jessenya, and I worked on the rebar for the porches. Our friend Josh came out to help us for the day.  Steve and Maria's neighbor brought out about 10 men to help us in the morning.  When they came Facio switched Debbie and I over from rebar to hanging sheer wall.  Maria, Evelyn, and Jackie took over the rebar on lot 14, 13, and 12. After lunch Carlos came out and started to work on pluming lot 13.

 

some of Steve and Maria's volunteers working on lot 17 sheer wall. 

more volunteers

Kevin, John, and Jeffery working on lot 6's posts.

Alfredo working in his front door.

Debbie carrying sheer wall on her house (lot 16).  Josh hanging sheer wall.

Alfredo and Naty's house post in.

Lupe's house getting the posts put in.

Debbie's house sheered.

Steve and Pat removing concrete.

 Sunday, we started where we left off.  Jackie and Maria came over to help us sheer.  Our friend Gary came out to help us sheer.  Mauro came out again to help us out. After a while, Leticia and Evelyn started to help us sheer.

Brandon, John, and Paul working on lot 8 Lupe's posts.

Leticia's house (lot 14)  with sheer.

Lupe's lot with posts in.

John, Paul, Michael, Brandon working on Debbie's posts for her front porch.

Leticia's house.

I think having two supervisors out has helped us a lot.  We can get our questions answered quicker and get back to work.  At our end of the weekend meeting, Toby went over things that we need to get done this week, since our first set of trusses are arriving on Friday.  We have a lot of framing pick up to do. Facio and Toby both stressed we need to get lots 6 and 7 ready for the trusses this week. He also discussed that they will be moving us around in the beginning of trusses to figure out where everyone works best. Toby, also, stressed us learning our new jobs and then try to do them faster.  Facio stated that if we know anyone who has knowledge on rolling trusses now was the time to bring these people out.  He then stated that once we get going, we should be able to roll two houses of trusses each weekend.We then discussed when everyone will be coming out this week. After the meeting, Facio took John and I over to show us what he wanted John to do this week when he comes out.

I am so thankful for all the volunteers we had this weekend.  It was such a blessing. Since we have so many volunteers I was curious if we were making up in of the work, so I asked Toby about us catching up those 90 days we are behind.  He was saying it will take a lot of skilled volunteers to catch us up those days.  We are right now just not falling further behind, which is great.  God has been so good to us to supply us with extra help and strength.  I know that as a group we are tired. For me, I continually seek the Lord for strength each weekend and he provides it.

Isaiah 40: 28-31

²⁸ Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable.
²⁹ He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.
³⁰ Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
³¹ Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.



Prayer Requests:
1) wisdom for Facio and Toby on what job everyone should have.
2) we will learn are new job and do it accurately and quickly.
3) safety for us. We are going on to the roofs.
4) that volunteers will continue to help us.
5) our porches will get poured this week.