The Beautiful Gate maintenance crew and even some of our office staff have been keeping very busy this week. Our new volunteer house was suppose to be completed at the end of December, but due to an unforeseen roofing issue, got delayed by 3 weeks. It has been a nightmare for Bryan as he has tried to get it all sorted, but he has been doing his best to keep things rolling and to have our maintenance supervisor order the supplies well in advance so as not to have anymore delays. Bryan has joined the crew and has been helping them paint walls and seeing their boss working hard has kept everyone in good spirits and on task!
Yesterday was a bit of a warm day so Bryan had one of our volunteers, Kristen, go out and buy some watermelons for the crew as well as all the staff and kids on campus. Watermelon is a special treat that they do not get very often so it was fun to give them a little blessing.
We have exactly 9 days to get the house finished before we are having our first volunteer family of the year so please pray that all goes well and that it is finished before they arrive (knowing how things work in Africa, we have found a back up house just in case, but hope not to use it).
Here are 3 pictures from the work being done on Tuesday!
Praying it gets finished on time!
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