The first three weeks of May we hosted Nehemiah Teams International headed by Matt Chamberland. This mission board is based out of South Dakota and this is the second time they have come down to Camp Lican Ray to do some work projects. Each time the team is composed of different team members so we have the privilege of meeting and serving different people. Would you like to join a team and come down to Chile?
The renovation of Nazaret cabin was the main project this time around. The main use for this cabin is as a kids classroom during our summer camps and church rentals. The back part of the cabin had been divided years ago to make room for two smaller bedrooms. Unfortunately, the wood floor in this cabin was rotting out and was a danger for kids and adults alike. The NTI team responded to the challenge of pulling out the old wood floor, doing away with the cabin division and pouring a new cement floor. What a job!
This is Nazaret with the bedroom division and some of the floor taken out.
At least three dump truck loads of fill had to be shoveled into the building to make it higher for the cement floor.
Here are Jeremiah and Evan becoming experts at cement mixing!
We are thankful for this power trowel that made a super nice finish on the floor. Matt spent some sleepless nights working on the floor to get it just right before it was completely dry.
As an added bonus, the team built a deck onto the back of the building so that during the summer, classes could be held outdoors.
Our job will be be to roof it and add some steps, railing and benches.
That is phase one of the Nazaret renovation project. As you can probably see by the pictures, the whole building needs replaced but for lack of finances we are doing it little by little. Next year we hope to tear out the walls, the roof and rebuild.
Come back for the second part of this posting on NTI to see what ended up being the surprise project they tackled.
Liz
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