Termites, rain, sun - they take their toll here on Guam. When our volunteer team came from Santa Cruz (Kerry, Ryan, and Jim), this is how the steps to our Study Center (computer lab) looked (see right).
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This is how the area looked after stripping off all the old, rotten boards. The guys put a nice moisture barrier down beneath the stair risers to prevent evaporating moisture from rotting the wood as fast from underneath.
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Lastly, they replaced the old, rotten boards with nice, new lumber. Tim and Mo will seal the wood off and we'll have great steps that do double duty as "bleachers" for watching basketball games. Thank you, Kerry, Ryan and Jim!
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Another project was one for which a local woman donated funds for materials: Pouring a nice concrete entrance, driveway to the classroom building, and parking pad for handicapped students and/or visitors. This is what it looked like before the project began.
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After a few delays (rain; sick backhoe operator; broken hydraulic line on the backhoe had to be repaired), we were finally able to get the project going. With the help of Robin, a contractor also visiting from Santa Cruz, Rob, Tim, and many of our male students worked relentlessly for 3 days to get this project going and done. Grading was a HUGE part of that. Then setting forms, moisture barrier, rebar and adobe "floats" to suspend the rebar.
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Here you see the rest of the area getting prepped for pouring - and God's blessing of a rainbow in the sky over the project! :-)
Yesterday (Saturday here), after a long day (6:30 a.m. to about 5:30 p.m.), the preparation was completed and the concrete poured. We must have had at least 12 of our young men from PIU out helping all day! I'll have photos of the pour up in one to two days! We are so thankful for all those who made this project happen! But mostly to God, who provides us with good things always!
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