At first you may be thinking that Bill and Jake are hiding from the camera...Nope! They just finished the table and are stapling the tablecloth on.
Today we reheated a pizza I made last night. {That is one sad looking pizza} What a great time we are having here and I'm so excited to move up here I can hardly wait.
This is just not an ordinary sink with running water...this has awesome pressure and HOT and COLD Running water. No boys involved, just gravity and Bill's skills! Another great feature is that it is a double sink! Oh Yeah...I've been waiting all year for this.
Now this may seem odd but to us it is a blessing! These pieces of plastic have a log stapled on the bottom. This is how we shut our windows, when it rains or gets cold at night we shut them down. Bill is opening them up because we are getting a nice cool breeze flowing through our house.
I know to you black plastic is not your interior wall of choice...but to us...well bottom line we don't have a choice so I will have to find a way to make that black wall pretty! It is the only way we get any privacy so...I love it! Now you will see the rooms take shape.
This is the shower! See the rock pile by our feet? Jake dug that the other day and the grate that Garrett made will go over it. Bill ran Hot {yes, I said HOT} and Cold water to the shower...and again with great water pressure. Don't you just love that pink tarp that I found in the barn up here? The boys we're not thrilled. hee hee hee! I love this...can you tell?
And of course I took time out to have fun with my friend, Deanna! Love her...and her family...if you would, please pray for God's timing for the sale of their house, they desire to come through the training and get back to the field. They were Associates with New Tribes for one term and really want to go "Full Time".
Our Bedroom
Garrett and Jake's Room
View of kitchen from the back door
View of kitchen from the front door
Front of the house!Here is how we left it today...you wonder...what's left? We have to build 2 doors, wire the house for our lights. {We'll describe all that next week} We will put down tarps in our bedrooms and a little carpet too. Monday Bill leaves for his 3 day hike. Please be in prayer for the guys' safety and for all of us ladies who are left behind here to carry on the work.
Tomorrow {Sunday} we rest!
As we end our first week up here building, it has been an amazing week of learning. Learning how to work together, figure out how to build this and make it hold up to rain, wind and...kids! By today the bugs, caterpillars and spiders that are always on us and our stuff no longer bother me as much. That alone is amazing. And Bill has displayed wonderful patience with us...he is a rock! Thank you all for your neat emails, check back Monday for more...we have one more week to build!
