Plumbing and Painting

Dear Everybody,

Another storm front has moved into our area.  All night we heard the winds howl through the trees and the rain fall in huge drops on our tin roof.  This weather system is supposed to stick around a few days so as far as work goes we are stuck doing inside jobs.

The new porch on the front of the guest house is still standing and we haven't noticed any leaks either so the guys did a good job on it.  Today they focused on getting smaller projects done.  Miguel built a dolley so we can move larger objects around easier.

Do you notice the flooding? A day of dry weather and it will all be gone because of the sandy terrain.

Danny studied for his class in the morning and worked on the workshops he will be giving at our first National Camp Conference in Chile. More on that at a later time.

He had a little helper helping him cut up some veggies for lunch.

After lunch he went out to work.  We plan on moving Madeline to a regular bed soon.  Both girls will share a bunkbed.  There was a set of metal bunkbeds in the guest house that we took apart.  Today I sanded them down and Danny repainted them.  Tomorrow we hope to set the new bunkbed up for the girls.

painting the rails

and the head board and foot board

Then Danny focused on more plumbing.  He got all the cold water plumbing in for the bathroom and the kitchen done today.  What a job!  We are reusing all the copper pipes from the previous set up so it means cleaning the fittings up but it is a savings.  We might have to buy a few more fittings to connect the hot water but overall we came out way ahead reusing the old.

After a warm bowl of soup and homemade buns, we're ready for a quiet evening.  The kids are in their beds reading.  They are pretty tired out after a morning of school and trying to stay busy in the house since it was rainy outside.

Thank you for your prayers as we continue to serve the Lord here in Chile.

Liz