Second Half of Project

The gable wall being set in place.

 Trusses go up with scissor lift.

 The guys are getting a truss on the lift (below)

 Sweet picture of mother and baby as the church ladies have meal ready for the big crew!

 Back to work--another view

 Now the plywood is getting nailed on.

 And the other side. Jonathan was so thankful for all the young guys from two different churches who traveled in to help, one group after the other.

 The other gable wall ready to go up.

 Gable wall being set

 Hurricane clips being installed on other gable end

 The last truss goes in place.

Time for a snack! The ladies provided a very early breakfast, a late morning snack, a late lunch, a late afternoon snack, and a big dinner late in the evening!

 The porch roof is being framed in.

 Plywood almost done.

 Just abuzz with activity the fourth morning--in the fog. The men were so grateful that morning was cool and damp because they were starting the roof underlayment, which gets very sticky when the weather is hot. It was providential that particular morning was cool and misty.

 The other side. A fresh crew of young guys had arrived that morning, having left in the wee hours of the morning from Daytona Beach.

 One team is working on the wall at the back of the church.

 The windows had to be cut down a bit.  The guy cutting is Jared, who went on a Mission Helps team with Jonathan, Jeff Albertson, and other men to Ukraine a few years ago.

Jonathan got the young guys working at slapping up foam insulation on the walls. With so many guys, it was done in about an hour or two!

 Glass block was laid in the restroom windows.

The guys would have loved to get the metal roofing on, but a glitch happened where the contractor was not allowed to pull a permit for a metal roof. He could pull a permit for other kinds of roofs, but not this one! What a disappointment! Then the metal cutter ended up not checking  measurements,  cut the pieces about 2 ft. too short! So there was somewhat of a fiasco about all that! But praise the Lord for all that was accomplished. 

Jonathan tried to come home a day early, as there was nothing left to do for the time being. He was on standby for a couple hours at the airport, but the flight ended up full. So he was able to change his ticket a bit to come home earlier the next day. We ran into snow on the way to the airport--and quite a traffic jam on the way home on Monument hill, a place on I-25 notorious for getting slick. It took us 3 hours to travel home instead of just 1 1/2, but we were thankful to be home. 

Once again, God is good!