Here are some photos of the latest work going on at Restoring Hope Village. The first three photos are actually from August, but I included them so you can see a full view of where we've come. The first is preparing the foundation, the second is pouring it, and the third is our first two rows of blocks when we were checking our measurements.
The remaining photos have all been taken this week. We have been hosting a team from Point of Grace, and they have been working diligently to get our first house done. We put in 4 total days on the house this week, and you can see that all the brickwork is done. On Monday we expect to set the trusses, and hopefully have the entire house enclosed by next Friday. To give a comparison, if we were using conventional brick and mortar construction, it would probably take at least a month (if not significantly more, what with the laid back work habits of the culture). These new blocks have definitely been a blessing from God. Without them we would have to hire the work done, and would then be at the mercy of the motivation of the laborers.
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