Here are the pictures of the home we helped build last Saturday. It still isn't completed, but if we get a chance to help some more, we will post pictures.
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| Supplies being carried through the rice fields to the building site |
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| More supplies |
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| Your dad pretending to fall off the 2-log bridge |
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| The building site |
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| Surveyors at work |
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| One corner post down, 3 to go |
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| Your dad's height was definitely needed. The workers kept calling, "Elder Eddington, come here, we need you." |
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| Meanwhile the sisters started cooking lunch for the crew |
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| A sister cutting up pork for adobo |
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| Time for a mid-morning snack break |
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| The clean-up crew |
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| The end of work day #1 - To be continued |
What awesome ward members! They don't have much themselves, but they donated their time and all the materials for the cause. They were happy and joking all morning long. What a Spirit-filled bunch of wonderful people. This will be the third home they have built for fellow ward members. A lesson from which we can all learn.
By the way, notice that scaffolding is used instead of a ladder. They built the scaffolding on site....apparently no one owns a ladder, or any other worthwhile tools. Just hammers and hand saws. They did have new nails. Usually rusty, used nails are hammered straight and reused. Nothing goes to waste....everything is recycled.
Love, Elder and Sister Eddington
Like I said in my e-mail to you: these are surreal pictures! I'm used to seeing Dad doing construction in the backyard, not the back hemisphere. Can't quite get my head around all this... it's a parallel universe of parents.
ReplyDeletePS. Those ladies preparing lunch looked just like the ladies in Korea doing the "ah-she-ma squat."
I guess their "building materials" are much different than building materials here. What an adventure.
ReplyDeleteAnd it still looks like a very small house. The picture of Dad "falling" scared me at first. Stephanie's right...the log Dad is holding up is far different than the 300 pound beam at home. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a blessing for that family!
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