A warm sunny day, what a delight.
all the bedroom windows look like these, on the left
in the house parents quarters
This floor has been pounded and is ready for the first layer of cement to be poured.
looking out from the utility room to the garden area
The majority of the windows are in. The larger windows are all waiting as the openings for them to be set first with an strong metal, reinforced framing.
what will be the small garden courtyard
back wall of the house, all the bedroom windows
the water hook-up happening
Pasha in the orange, Maxim my manager and Pasha in the blue
are the lead workers on the project now and doing a great job together.
You can’t see the guy down in the hole, but he’s removing the
county seal that remains in place on the water counter. It’s being removed today
so PROMISE will get it’s own water counter, separate from the churches.
My arm has been twisted hard enough, I’ve given in to having tiles laid for the garden path, rather than just pouring cement. The argument against cement is simply that it doesn’t hold up well. My argument is if it’s done well, that shouldn’t be an issue, but quality here is not what it is in the States. For those of you whole helped lay the sidewalk at the orphanage in 2012, there’s not a crack in it yet.
Anyway, above is my 1st option, as the surface of the blocks are smooth, without a beveled edge. Not the prettiest, but we would only use gray blocks, not colored. Sorry, but that’s awful now, I can’t imagine how the colors will look 10 years from now.
These two below are my 2nd and 3rd choices, but the bevel around the edge discourages me from using them, fearful of kids falling, even if the ground is slightly uneven.
