2009
This year we built a house (a little bigger than normal), put a roof on a old building (using tar and shingle paper) and put in a bathroom at Alpha y Omega.
The house was 24X16 rather than our normal 16X16. It's a nicer house and we do that size now. The roofing job was at a church that had a cement roof and it needed to be tarred and shingled. That was quite a challenge, but we were able to do it. Finally, we had a crew put up the walls for a bathroom. We had some interesting challenges with that, but we were able to finish it successfully. The main thing was getting the doors on the men's room. The door just wouldn't fit in the hole. We measured and measured and it was the right size. I finally realized it was trapezoidal and not square. We couldn't get the leverage to push in the bottom. I backed the truck up to the wall, pushing it in, until the opening was square (#8). Then we nailed it down and the door fit.
The last picture (#14) is my "stick of rememberance." We put spacers between the rafters to seal the roof. It's about 5" and we rip a 2x6 and the leaves us just less than an inch strip of wood. We use that to create the door jam. This 2x6 had a knot at one end. This is what was left after I cut the strips for the door jam. Yes, it just missed the knot. It reminds me that God provides what we need.
The house was 24X16 rather than our normal 16X16. It's a nicer house and we do that size now. The roofing job was at a church that had a cement roof and it needed to be tarred and shingled. That was quite a challenge, but we were able to do it. Finally, we had a crew put up the walls for a bathroom. We had some interesting challenges with that, but we were able to finish it successfully. The main thing was getting the doors on the men's room. The door just wouldn't fit in the hole. We measured and measured and it was the right size. I finally realized it was trapezoidal and not square. We couldn't get the leverage to push in the bottom. I backed the truck up to the wall, pushing it in, until the opening was square (#8). Then we nailed it down and the door fit.
The last picture (#14) is my "stick of rememberance." We put spacers between the rafters to seal the roof. It's about 5" and we rip a 2x6 and the leaves us just less than an inch strip of wood. We use that to create the door jam. This 2x6 had a knot at one end. This is what was left after I cut the strips for the door jam. Yes, it just missed the knot. It reminds me that God provides what we need.
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2009 Group - This wasn't a large group, but it was productive. -
Roof Repair - It's a dirty job, but Jennifer did it! This was the first and, I hope, the last time we do a tar roof. -
House - Our first 16x24 house. It's not that much more work so we decided to build that size of house. -
The Family - This is a place for them to stay. -
Tears of Joy - In reality, our houses are nothing more than oversized sheds for us. To the family it's a mansion. -
House Warming - In recent years the families have made us lunch. With one house, it's nice with multiple houses - that's a lot of food. -
The Bathrooms - We added the bathrooms to the end of the classrooms we built in 2007. From here, the doors look straight. -
Semper Gumby - The wall came out at the bottom and the door wouldn't fit. Truck to the rescue. I backed the truck into the wall until it was straight. -
Extra Projects - After finishing the roof early, we did some maintenance work at La Puerta. -
VBS - The kids really like the VBS. Of course handing out candy at the end helps. -
Anniversary Cake - We celebrated our first anniversary for a couple. We've had several birthdays, but this was a first. -
Thursday Night - Alpha y Omega throws us a party after the service. We look forward to this every year, because we get carne asada from Don Juan's. -
Kids and Paint - Yes, the paint goes on the house. If you're a teenager, apparently there are other places. -
God's Faithfulness - Yeah, it's a hunk of wood, but it was the last piece of a strip of wood. The length of the piece was right at the knot.
