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The
bike shop is coming along. Today the tools were unpacked, the bike vice set
up, drywall was finished, tools hung on the wall and our first customer came
to have a flat tire fixed. We're open for business!
The guys will train a local person how to use the tools and run the shop.
From here on it will be in their hands.
One
of the projects involves on orchard of plantain trees. The harvest will be
used in the feeding programs and local people will be employed to pick the fruit.
Today the ladies planted 132 trees. Judy Ferguson, Lisa Rennie, Megan
Penman, Ruth Penman, Muriel Arsenault, Marlene Warwick, Gail McGregor &
Penny Southworth under the direction of Wayne Ferguson accomplished this in
just two hours. Mind you, the holes had been prepared ahead of time by some
local labourers and we had to wait for the delivery of the stalks. But when
they finally arrived we got right down to it. Our objective is get six hundred
done by the end of the week!
Of
course, the building of the trusses kept on going and I believe 6 pairs have
been completed. We have made up some jigs which help quite a bit and the more
we do the better we get at it.
Fortunately
the wind has died down to an acceptable level and it was as risky to move
them. They are still quite heavy and when I woke up this morning I knew
exactly which muscles I had been using the day before. Somehow we all seemed
to have the strength to keep going. You see, there is a God and
He answers prayer!
The
picture on the right is a group of brick-layers and labourers who wanted their
picture taken. I thought it was only the kids who mugged for pictures! I
surprised them all by making prints over the lunch break and delivered them on
the afternoon break. They couldn't believe their eyes! They had never seen
prints so quickly!
Some
of us are trying to get Pastor Larry to put the swimming pool repairs higher
on the priority list but there are always so many other things. We have to
separate our needs from our wants. Oh well, Penny & Muriel had fun posing
for the picture!