Martin and I are leaving tomorrow morning on a short missions trip down to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. There are 8 people from E3 going with us, and we're teaming up with another church in the area for a total group of about 25. The missions trip is organized by Amor Ministries.
We'll be building a small house for a family that desperately needs it.
I'm sure, as is our usual, we will not take any pictures and so you'll have to make do with the photos that are posted on the ministry's website. (Click the photo to the right for more pictures of this awesome love-in-action work.)House Building Timeline
Day One: Pour the foundation. This will involve setting the forms and mixing cement. And then mixing some more cement. And then, you guessed it, some more. At the end of the day, aside from sore muscles, you will hopefully have poured the foundation, which will cure overnight in order to start the walls on day two.
Day Two: Build the walls. If you are building a typical 11'x22' home, you will build seven walls with room for one outside door and two windows. You will also begin work on the two roof sections during this day and may or may not get to placing paper on the roof.
Day Three: Wrap the house. After completing the wood frame of the house, you will wrap the frame and get it ready for stucco. This involves one layer of tar paper, one layer of bailing wire, and one layer of chicken wire, stretched flat. Your team will also work on completing the roof and installing doors, windows, and trim in order to be able to start stucco the next day.
Day Four: Complete the stucco. This process is similar to the foundation, but a little easier due to the fact that you are not mixing rocks with your cement this time. Day four involves mixing, troweling, and smoothing two coats of stucco to complete your home!
We'll be back home Monday night.
UPDATE: We did get one photo from the trip. (Thanks, Sara.) This was the baño available to us at the work site (the family's home). More to follow, I'm sure!
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