We had a busy day putting the final touches on the houses. Judy Bennett is responsible for all the housing on the station for the volunteers. Gail Dooley, Kathy Radcliffe, Mete, Lena, and Bette are on her team. They have done an outstanding job. Lena and I went through the kitchen making sure that she [...]
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Team Housing is Ready!
Lena, Learns Kitchen Skills
Today, I am teaching Lena how to operate the washing machine and propane range in the kitchen for the Work and Witness teams. Lena is going to be helping the teams in food preparation, cleaning, language, and culture. We are doing final preparation in the houses. Placing all the groceries and preparing [...]
Baking, Baking, Baking
Last Saturday I baked 8 batches of bread preparing for the first Work and Witness Team arriving June 2nd. They will have French Bread, rolls, bread loaves, and cinnamon rolls to start their week. We will be preparing the first evening meal on Monday – vegetable soup, cabbage salad, fresh vegetables and fruit plates, bread [...]
Saturday, May 31 – 2nd Half of Slab
Here we come. The 2nd half of the slab will be poured Saturday, May 31st. Mike and the workmen worked until dark tonight preparing the pad for the cement pour. Mike will meet workmen on site at 7 a.m. in the morning. They will work all day pouring cement again using hand cement mixers and [...]
Meal Prep – Plan B
Mike asked me to prepare an evening meal for Andrew and Jacob, who are staying all night working the slab. They want ed chicken and rice. No big deal, right? As I start to prepare the meal, I have the peanut butter bars in the oven and the rice on the stove [...]
Volunteer House – 1/2 Slab Poured
Mike and the men got the first half of the slab poured on Wednesday. It was a very long day. The men were great. They worked hard mixing and pouring cement by hand with cement mixers. They used wheel barrows to wheel the cement in place. Andrew and Jacob worked [...]
Here Come the Teams!!!
We are excited the first Work and Witness Team will be arriving in one week June 2nd – Dr. John Brothwell, family, and team members. They will be here until June 13th. Todd Winters team arrives June 16th.
May has been an extremely busy month in preparation for the Work and Witness Teams coming. [...]
Temporary Road Opens Monday
Great news!!! The temporary road opened Monday for small cars and pickups. Today, Wednesday the semi trucks were coming through with supplies to Mt. Hagen. This is an answer to prayer. Short supplies in the store will welcome the new supplies heading this way. The consumers will welcome the new [...]
