Flooring It!
That's exactly what I did all last week...with Campus Lutheran Church from Columbia, MO! The group was composed of the pastor's family + 2 students from Mizzou's campus ministry, the driving force behind the trip. They had originally planned on going to Guatemala I think, but when that fell through they thought of YLM, having been here a couple of times in the past. I'm glad they did--several of my friends went to Mizzou so I had met the pastor and his family before, but didn't know them well. We had a fun week working on, well, flooring! Three projects were lined up:
1) Pouring a cement floor in the existing structure at the Hinojosa compound, which St. Paul, Mt. Prospect generously donated the funding for.
2) Tiling the last of the dorm rooms in YLM building #12, room F.
3) Tiling the new addition at the Hinojosa compound, built the week before by St. Paul, Mt. Prospect.
You can be sure all 3 were met with flying colors, although the majority of my pictures relate to the first one...
Norah and Emma helping spread tile adhesive for the VCT in the Hinojosas' addition.
Norah with Dora Hinojosa and some of her grandchildren.
Norah and Emma were my smoothing helpers...I was flattered that they wanted to do exactly what I was doing, but as we worked toward the doorway there came a point where there was only room for 1!
Luke was tired ;) This picture also illustrates our modified technique, since pouring a slab within existing walls meant we couldn't follow our normal process: we poured a border and then filled in the center! If you're wondering, yes the drywall is splattered, but that's why they invented textured paint!
The kids' attention span with the project only lasted so long, so they often entertained themselves with the scrap wood pile. One day they erected a cross, and one of the week's most precious moments was 4 yr. old Brennen struggling to make it stand up on his own.
The group presented Dora with a wooden cross made by a member of their church, with all their signatures on the back. I couldn't believe how intricate the design was!
The finished floor! Well, Dora's husband Gilberto will have to pour a thin coat over top of everything to smooth it all out, but the hard part is done!
Looking to the right from the back door.
Group picture before leaving the site on the last day.
Me with all the kids, Andrew included (see previous post).
1) Pouring a cement floor in the existing structure at the Hinojosa compound, which St. Paul, Mt. Prospect generously donated the funding for.
2) Tiling the last of the dorm rooms in YLM building #12, room F.
3) Tiling the new addition at the Hinojosa compound, built the week before by St. Paul, Mt. Prospect.
You can be sure all 3 were met with flying colors, although the majority of my pictures relate to the first one...
Norah and Emma helping spread tile adhesive for the VCT in the Hinojosas' addition.
Norah with Dora Hinojosa and some of her grandchildren.
Norah and Emma were my smoothing helpers...I was flattered that they wanted to do exactly what I was doing, but as we worked toward the doorway there came a point where there was only room for 1!
Luke was tired ;) This picture also illustrates our modified technique, since pouring a slab within existing walls meant we couldn't follow our normal process: we poured a border and then filled in the center! If you're wondering, yes the drywall is splattered, but that's why they invented textured paint!
The kids' attention span with the project only lasted so long, so they often entertained themselves with the scrap wood pile. One day they erected a cross, and one of the week's most precious moments was 4 yr. old Brennen struggling to make it stand up on his own.
The group presented Dora with a wooden cross made by a member of their church, with all their signatures on the back. I couldn't believe how intricate the design was!
The finished floor! Well, Dora's husband Gilberto will have to pour a thin coat over top of everything to smooth it all out, but the hard part is done!
Looking to the right from the back door.
Group picture before leaving the site on the last day.
Me with all the kids, Andrew included (see previous post).Time to work on my Statement of Doctrinal Belief for a little while...I think I'm going to be saying that frequently in the near future...
Until next time, blessings!
Until next time, blessings!
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