starting to feel like home

 Here’s what it is looking like after the roof was finished.

All this wil be smoothed over with cement to make the walls straight and beautiful.

This is standing where the kitchen table will be and looking into the kitchen.

This is standing in the kitchen looking into the bedroom.

This is standing in the kitchen looking to the entrance.

This is standing in the bathroom.  Closest door is the second bedroom.  Next door is the living room.

This is standing in the living room.  Front door to the left, step up to the kitchen area to the right.

Standing on the step looking into the living room.

This is standing in the living room looking out of the square window onto the porch.

And there you have it.  Looking good, huh??!!!  I think it’s going to turn out great!

The blocks are going up between the walls and the ceiling.  This is a view standing where the kitchen table will be looking down the hallway to the bathroom.  There will be a bookshelf on the right.  The first door on the left is to the living room and the second is to the 2nd bedroom.  It is looking great!

…and we are HAPPY!

We stacked and prepared the rented materials to return.

They began carrying block and mixing cement to fill in the gaps between the walls and the ceiling.

more photos to come…

The roof is done!

The supports were removed on Monday and……

it’s still standing!

It looks solid and great.  We are happy with the results.

I like the details that the carpenter did on the front.

Here is the view from the kitchen looking out the front to the living room.

This is standing almost it the same place, but looking over to the right a bit more at the front entrance.  The door to the right is the 2nd bedroom.

This is where the stairs will be to the 2nd floor.

They are placing block in between the gaps of the walls and ceiling today.  More pictures to come….

The roof is pretty much dry (except for some rain that just fell this afternoon).  The supports will come down on Monday.  I climbed up the ladder to get this photo, but was too nervous to make it all the way up.  Don’t laugh!  Have you ever been up a Haitian ladder??!  This is my photo…

Then Charly took the camera away from me to get this.  Sorry it’s blurry.  He was laughing at me.

Here is his photo…

Looks good!  More photos to come after Monday.

Pouring the roof

They got done with iron prep work around 2:30 AM on Sat morning and the cement crew came around 4:45 AM.  We didn’t get much sleep.  But, we got a lot done.

The roof is setting and we should be able to take the supports down on Oct 3-4.

preparation

It took about 1 1/2 wks to prepare the roof with the proper supports….

Plumbing…

Decoration for the front of the house.

moving right along…

Roof

Today, we started placing post, supports, and boards for pouring the roof.

After all the 2x4s go up, they will lay the plywood down on top.  Then, iron bars will be fastened together to form a grid on top of the plywood.  Hopefully, this will all be done by Fri, the 25th because we are planning to pour the roof on the 26th.

We have had $4000 given this week.  Praise God!  Thank you!!!

moving right along…..

This week material were purchased and delivered for the roof. 

There are still a few more things to come (cement & some iron bars).  They have made 2 trips so far in bringing the stuff here.  They can probably get the rest in one full load or 2 half loads.  It depends if they are delivering for others in the village at that time.  So, the roof crew will start on Friday and we hope to pour the roof on Sat, 9/26.  The cement will have to dry for 3 wks before removing the supports.  After this, the house will be covered!!!  Next, we plan to have someone start working on the iron bars for the windows & porch.  After that, smooth the walls with cement, install windows and doors, lay ceramic tile, install plumbing and electric, and paint.  The end is looking near and it’s so exciting.  Thanks for all of your help!!