Oct 24th & 25th - Making Progress

We have made progress on the new girls dormitory in the past couple of days. It will have metal siding and roofing. The next step will be to run horizontal 1x4's, spaced 2' c/c vertically, around the building. They will work as girts for attaching the siding. The roof trusses are supposed to arrive tomorrow. We have the building all braced and are also ready for them. The 3 of us will be putting them up by hand, that should be interesting.

There are 34 sheets of 1/2" OSB board sheathing. I took all but three sheets off the trailer and stacked them on saw horses. Bruce and I chalked lines on them showing stud locations, carried them to the wall and set them in place. David did a lot of the nailing. We put up all the sheathing up in the morning. We spent the afternoon cutting out the windows, squaring up and bracing the walls and misc other work.

By 4 PM, quitting time, I am always ready for the day to be over. Actually I am only working 6-7 hours a day. I don't go over until they have things set up and have started working. I take an hour, or maybe hour and a half, lunch break, instead of the half hour that Bruce and David take. Bruce has been bringing his lunch over to the RV so that we fellowship while we have lunch.

Last night Dave & Sue (the camp owner/operators) had David & Kathy (camp staff) and their two kids ( 3 & 1 years of age), and Kathy and I over for supper. The food was good, as was the conversation.

Tonight we had Bruce and his wife Charlotte out for supper. Bruce is the carpenter who is the "foreman" on the job. (David & I are the unskilled laborers.) Bruce also pastors the small, non-denominational church we attended in Ellington last Sunday. I have really enjoyed working with him. He and Charlotte are very nice people.

Last nights low was 41 degrees. Todays high was a sunny 77. It was WINDY. Most of time the wind was good because it didn't feel so hot. It is supposed to rain tonight and then rain the next two days.

There were supposed to be around 50 "campers" coming for the weekend but they cancelled. That means that there will be minimal cleaning required next week.

Yesterday Kathy vacuumed the entire downstairs of the building next to our RV(It is named Africa). It is a BIG building, and then she painted 5 exterior doors. Today she primed two exterior door frames and cleaned multiple bathrooms in the upstairs of Africa. If it rains tomorrow both of us may sweep (vinyl floors) and mop the upstairs bunkhouses in Africa. I think that then everything where last weekends campers stayed will have been cleaned.

There is a nice breeze blowing in the window as I set here writing this tonight. It ought to be marvelous sleeping weather.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.