A wonderful team

March 29th, 2012

It is already Thursday and I cannot believe how fast this week went by. Almost a week ago HOH received a team of 12 people from Wisconsin. They are all passionate people ready to serve in any way possible. Looking back at the last few days I am amazed by all the things that were accomplished and we still have one full day of work ahead of us. It is so wonderful to see how a handful of people can accomplish so much in such a short time. The team was not speared from temptations and problems. They had a few of their team members getting sick and not feeling very well. However, they did not stop and continued working. I will let you see all the things that the team accomplished this past week. Besides working at HOH they also did outreach in a few villages, visited the local orphanage and also did some site seeing.

Bringing in the sand

A second room being plastered

Building benches for one of the mission points (Toarcla)

The final product

The old outhouse being destroyed

Out with the old...

.. in with the new.

Testing the new outhouse (Henry)

Pouring a lid on top of the water well

Insulating the ceiling

The ladies working hand in hand with the guys

Digging the hole for the septic tank

The excavator needed some extra manual help :)

Leveling the sand bed for the arrival of the septic tank

Septic tank ready to be lowered in the hole

Getting closer to a better sanitary system than the outhouse

Digging the ditches to connect the septic tank to the building

For more videos you can go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/horizonofhopewi

 

Plastering photos

March 25th, 2012

I just now realized that even if the title of my last post mentioned the plastering of one bedroom, I did not have any photos of the plastering process. Here are the pictures of the plastering process and the final product. We only need to install the ceiling (which will be done this week by the CTR team) and paint, and the bedroom will be ready. We are praying that we will have enough money to plaster at least another bedroom if not two. It is not a very high amount so we know that God will provide. Let us know if you have any questions at mail@horizonofhope.org.

 

We are also advancing with the electrical wiring. Our electricians are doing a great job. The first floor is completed and now they started on the second.