May 21st 2/3 rds of the team returned home! Yes the jet plane left at 3:21pm – something like that We spent the morning going over last minute plans, talking with Slava the construction designer and making sure Ralph passed along all the knowledge he […]
May 20th Our day to visit the adult institutions Nadya, Sasha’s wife, sharing time with a young man who has down’s syndrome Sergey, one of the young guys who will be in Stephen’s home one day soon. He use to live in the orphanage in […]
May 19th Our last full day of work, and boy did we work! The day started off looking like it was going to be a beautiful one. The project for the day was to get the rest of the foundation poured for the back wall […]
May 18th Sorry for my delay in getting these posted, it’s been a crazy busy few days wrapping up with the guys who have been here to work. This was, like the others, a day of hard work and we accomplished what we set out to […]
May 17th Tuesday, with predictions of rain in the forecast, but more cement arriving this day, the work started right after a breakfast of cornbread and beans was prepared. The cement truck arrived & managed not to hit any of our trees and I think […]
May 16th Monday was a crazy busy day, but no rain! Two thumbs up. Clearing the fallen wall of the septic tank was first on the list. Though a clear sunny day, I still had concerns about the guys being in the pit. We had […]
May 15th Sunday church – orphanage – downtown The church in Darivka Each team member introduced themselves – Bryan shared he’d given every part of his life, with his wife to do whatever God asked, so he showed up at NMSI 6 months ago and […]
May 14th All in a days work! father, son team Dale and Tyler working on making rebar frames for the back wall foundation completed frame and one in place in the corner back property line in-prep for the cement to be poured basement ceiling prepped […]
Friday the 13th O what a great day we had at the work site for Stephen’s home! The ceiling of the basement was the big project for the hired company today. It’s quite the process to watch it being formed, here’s a few of just […]
May 12th this will be the support structure inside the base of the septic tank see those sparks flying, that means hard work is gettin’ done placement for the grapevine trellis is laid out prep workers for those in the pit Paul and Sergey are […]