Preparation and start of the re-build project.

   The church rebuild has now begun!!! We are excited to share that with you. It will take quite a while to do, but we will keep you updated as much as possible. The old building is quite a bit to small, also the roof leaks quite badly and as a whole the building has seen a lot of damage from hurricanes and also the earth quake. Patching has been the only  way to keep in usuable the last while. 

   The Haitian brothers and sisters, have volunteered to help, so our main work force is our own dear church people. Carrying water from the river half a mile away, digging trenches, cooking food etc etc etc.

   We hired some bosses for the project. Some moved the mountain on the one side as you see on the pictures, some took down the two school office buildings behind the church buildings and some dug trenches and are starting to put in some of the foundation walls and retaining walls.

   The old building will eventually be taken down block by block, salvaging as much as we can for smaller outbuildings etc. 

   The new building will be around 40 feet wide by 70 feet long. A nice size rectangular building with no fancy overhangs etc.

   We will be cramming into the one school building for church, or maybe even have some mountain side services like the good old Bible days when Jesus was here in body!!!

Hammers, sledge hammers, pliers, picks, shovels and a whole lot more stuff. 

The "old faithful" groaned and cried when it heard another project is starting up, so it had to be taken into the shop and Steve is giving it some tender loving care to get it into shape. It will be well used, hauling rebar, cement rods the next few months.

This is behind the church building. For those of you who remember, there were two little office type buildings. They were taken down and here the guys are digging trenches for the foundation walls.

This view shows the basement rooms, where all the cooking is being done for the school. The ladies are making lunch for all the workers.

Glenden dragging a lot of rebar up the mountain.

Some church brothers hard at work. Remember, there are no track hoes to do the digging. It's called "arm strong" force.

The front of the old building. We had a lean to that has been taken of, we could squeeze a lot of people under it.

The mountain slowly being moved, shovel full at a time.

Glenden built a new ratio, also in preparation for all the food needed to be cooked for all
the workers and volunteers. He used 4 1/2" rebar, and we didn't even count the amount
of welding rods. But it'll last quite a few years.

View from up the mountain. You can see the lean to, and the buildings in
the back, also the mountain touches the building. They are digging out
about a 15 foot deep by 70 foot long stretch.