Building Pastor Danley's House

Working for the Lord is so hard at times, but sometimes He rewards us with great times of fellowship, learning and growth. Today was one of those great days for me.

I am still in Cazeau at the orphanage where Pastor Danley works. He does not get paid - only his meals and the ability to live on the orphanage property. If you read yesterday's entry you know that we had one of our transitional shelters delivered here to construct as a surprise for Pastor Danley and his soon-to-be-wife.

The orphanage staff invited me to join their discussion yesterday about modifying the construction techniques used in erecting these little temporary shelters so as to provide a permanent home for the Danleys. Their thoughts were to add a real window, a real door, and make plywood walls which will then be covered to make them waterproof.

I was really curious to see how they planned to do this because, if they are successful, we could copy their design for some of our folks who own their own property so they wouldn't have to come up with something else to live in a year from now. This would be especially great for our elderly folks such as Brother Mathurin -- if we build him a sturdy little house now, he will be able to live in it for the remainder of his life.

Today some of the orphanage staff, volunteers and I worked on erecting the frame. I'll keep you posted as to our progress.

Seeing Miracles,

Roody