Last Monday, a bunch of people from the church in Los Higos went to work to help build a house for Elvis' family. Elvis is almost 14 years old and has been pretty involved in the church and club. Jose Quezada was able to get some building supplies donated to build a house for them, because their old one (seen in the photo above) is in bad condition.
The picture above shows Cristian shoveling concrete into the hole dug for the new foundation (doesn't their house have a great view?).
The new house is being built around and over the old one. They will build up the walls, they fill in with dirt between the old house and the new walls to the level of the old floor. Once they have the roof on the new walls (and over the top of the old house), they'll take down the old house and pour a floor around the old floor reaching out to the new walls. This way they have a place to live while the new house is being constructed and they can make use of the old floor. Plus, their land is really sloped, and this way they don't have to level a new place to build a new house.
The supplies came from a politician. Elections are coming up soon, so politicians are in a rush to help the people- giving away building supplies, working on road repairs, etc.
There are five girls from Trinity Western University living up in Los Higos right now, and they helped off and on throughout the day with the construction. You can't see it well, but here they are filling a large can with rocks to be thrown into the concrete for the foundation.
2 comments:
Arlene,
Gretchen here. Hopefully you will remember me. We were there last summer, from WI. I was there with Mike and Rebekah. I am going through DR withdrawals right now. No trip planned this year as our church needs a break from fundraising and we are doing some local projects instead. It was so fun reading through your blog and catching up on everything. I know Rebekah had a special connection with Elvis. I will make sure she sees this entry. Continue to let us know how we can be praying for you! Blessings!
Gretchen, good to hear from you! I knew that Rebekah talked about coming back this summer, but it sounds like that didn't work out. Elvis has grown so much in the last year. Not just physically, but spiritually he is really on fire!
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