Our Strong Tower: Week 68

Monday, October 28, 2013

Week 68

Saturday we started 7 a.m. we had our safety meeting. After that Facio told us that 3 more homes would have drywall installed this next week. We found out our doors are due to be delivered this week. Facio then had us get back to work where we were last weekend. So we continued the work on siding, caulking, installing the details on the porches, bring the water to the houses, and installing trim around the windows. I forgot the camera on Saturday, so the pictures are from Sunday.

Deena and I working on the siding on lot 12

A vent being added to lot 12

Carlos working on the garage door.

Leticia's house John and Steve working on the front porch.

lot 14

Alfredo and Patricia installing the trim around our windows and doors.

Lot 15

lot 15

Debbie's house Pat and Brandon working on the detail trim.

lot 9

lot 8

Deena's house

lot 6

lot 6 Paul and Jacob hooking up the water line to lot 6.

Inside lot 8. Lupe had volunteers come out and paint and install her doors for her.

Jackie and Luisa adding Kraft paper to Luisa's house gable ends.

lot 13

Robert and Carlos hooking up the water to lot 15.

John adding trim to lot 14. and Jessenya caulking her porch.

Cooler day. We could see the clouds coming in over the mountains.

Window trim going in on lot 14.

lot 15

lot 16 Debbie's house at the end of the day.

lot 10 Our home at the end of Sunday.

We are almost done with the detail work on all the porches. We still have a lot of work outside to complete. Facio told us we need to get that done, before we can move on to finishing up the interiors of our home. On the weekends, we have to work on getting the exteriors of the homes done. My goal is to work during the week doing whatever needs to be done on our home. This week we are going to work on getting the trim and porch painted. I can see the finish line.
It is hard to balance everything. My asthma has been bad for weeks, so I need rest. I want to spend time with my children and friends, but always in the back of my mind is our house and the work we need to get done. I know that the only way for us to have our weekends back is to finish the 12 homes. I desire so much to be able to sit at church and hear a sermon. I look forward to the day we can fellowship with our church family. We were blessed to spend a few hours last night with our community group, which made me yearn to be in church more.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

A Time for Everything

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—

²A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
³A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
⁴A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.
⁵A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
⁶A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
⁷A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.
⁸A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.

I know there is a time for us to finish our home. A time for us to return to fellowship with our church family. I pray that this time is soon.

Prayer Requests:

1) Endurance and energy to work hard to finish strong
2) Wisdom for Facio on how to get these homes done
3) Health: everyone stays health
4) Everyone works hard

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Home Ownership Program

We are doing a program through a organization that has been building homes in our area for 40 years. The program is designed to help lower income families buy homes. There will be a total of 24 homes built. The homes are divided into two groups. We are in the first group of twelve families. We work together to build all twelve families' homes. By the end of the process we will know our new neighbors very well. We are required to work 40 hours a week, split between two people. We do most of our work on the weekends. There is a contractor working with us to teach us how to build a home. We can not move in until all twelve homes are complete. It usually take one year to build twelve homes. We don't do plumbing, electrical, drywall, or stucco. We are the labor. The labor is our down payment down, sweat equity.

Deena and the Boys

Hi, I am Deena. I have four awesome young men (21, 19, 17, and 12). We have always wanted a home of our own. The place we are in was supposed to be temporary housing sixteen years ago. Now God is giving us a new adventure. We are going to build our own home and eleven others with our new neighbors. And God blesses us with neighbors who we already know! Jacob is my co-builder and my two teenagers will be helping as much as they can. God is always providing
for me when I least expect it. He is so amazing.

Where did this journey start?

For me, Tricia, this journey began with me wanting to own a home and God using this desire to grow my faith and dependence on Him. I have been trying to buy a home for 6 years with my husband, John. We tried many times to buy a home, but God always said no. A year ago, we finally decided to stop our search and learn to be content where God has us. God had different plans for us. In August, we applied for a self-help housing project. In October, we were accepted. I then told our neighbor (for 7 years) and friend Debbie. She applied and was accepted. In January, I told Deena a friend from church. She applied and was accepted. These homes are such a blessing. We sit in awe of what God has given us. We are excited to get started on the homes. God is our strong tower. He will give us the strength to build these homes.