Today completed our seventh day on the project.  We have accomplished a lot since Monday, thanks to some extra help.  We have had eight men working for the last two days, that sounds like a lot, but we all had something different to do.  We were able to get the roof on, all of the fascia on the long sides, the rest of the truss supports put in, the two end vents installed, and we even put up a door.

Our days start early with the group gathering for devotions.  We all take turns and do the devotions.  Some of the people use the Upper Room, some use The Daily Bread, and others use different devotional books that they enjoy in their private daily devotions.  I like to use one called Today in History of the Christian Church.  I have learned a lot about how many people have sacrificed and contributed to the Christian church over the past 2000 years.

                                   Here's the gang getting ready for the morning devotions.

Of course with working as hard as we do we have to eat.  The staff here at Loucon have been feeding us lunch everyday.  We have eaten very well.  The staff has prepared homemade soup, roast beef and vegetables, taco salad, and much more.

Going through the chow line for lunch.  This meal was one of my favorites, taco salad with all of the fixens.

Sharon after lunch on Tuesday.  She doesn't need an excuse for taking naps, but after eating was as good as any.

We did get some work done.  The ladies continued with helping with cleaning the cabins and doing some administration work in the office.  The directors secretary has been out for several days, so the ladies have been helping with some camp registrations.

The men continued to work on the cabin.  As you can see from the following pictures we have accomplished a lot.

Frank and Gabby are installing the top portion of the outside wall.  The hardi board sheets are 4' X 8', which would normally be long enough without splicing, but we dropped the lower portion down below the floor joist to protect them from rain. Gabby's the one that I told you in the last blog that I couldn't remember his name.  How do you forget a name like that?

Walter is constructing fly joist.  These will be added to the outside of the end walls as supports for the roof.  The roof will extend about 12" beyond the ends of the walls.

After the upper portion of the hardi board was installed, we were able to add the fascia along the end of the trusses.

On the top left hand side of the end wall you can see where we have installed one of the fly joist.  As I stated before, it will support the roof as it is extended out to the end of the fly joist.

As all project, there has to be a meeting of the minds.  From left to right, Frank, Bud, Benji the Facilities Director back from vacation, Gabby, and Frank.  My mind doesn't qualify me to be in those discussions, so I just take pictures.

                                                           Half of the roof installed.

The roof installed and the tar paper put on prior to putting on the metal roofing.  You can also see the end vent that was put in.

This shows the fancy door we put in.  The steps are the fanciest we could find.  The door latch is hidden so we can't get in with out removing the block door locks.  Also you can see all of the fly joist are installed.

Walter got caught trying to duck out of some work.  Didn't happen.  We put him up on the roof nailing down the plywood.  In the background you see what looks like an ambulance.  No, no one got hurt.  Bud and Gabby work with Habitat for Humanity.  The Methodist church that they go to bought this old ambulance and converted it into a rolling work shop.  If you need a tool, it is in that truck.  They even equipped it with a generator so it can be used on remote sites.

The weather is supposed to get nasty by in the morning, so we have moved everything that we will need to work inside the cabin tomorrow.  We still have to run the wiring for plugs, lights, and switches.  Then we can put in the insulation.  The structure is really starting to look like a cabin.

Hope to have a nice weekend.  Got my new phone, but have to travel about thirty miles east to Elizabethtown to activate it.  It is 4G, and there is only 3G service here.  Makes for another excuse to go sightseeing.

I'll get back to you all in the near future, and always remember

God Loves You!


Gary