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After a weekend of sightseeing it was back to building a house Monday morning. After devotions Martin discussed the safety issues involved for the day and gave us our instructions on what he hoped to accomplish today. On Saturday while we were gone Martin and the local crew put up the trusses and did a lot of bracing. We were instructed to put up the furring strips for the ceiling tiles that will be installed later. This was a job as they were about the size of 2x3’s and we had to use 4 inch nails and pound them in over our heads. These were also nailed into the tops of the wall top plates. About 5 hours of this and the arms could no longer lift the hammer. Part of the team also put up the house wrap around the outside of the house.
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Joel, Charlene, and Riki (members of the partner family) worked with us most of the day. Everyone enjoyed getting to know them better. Riki who is 16 is really a nice young man and a pleasure to have him with us.
We had our usual teas at mid morning and afternoon and lunch coordinated by Jean, David’s wife.
We all left tired and with aching muscles but with happy spirits having accomplished a lot.
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