Progress: it’s a remarkable thing. Today was great because we got a ton done. This morning we had breakfast at 7:30 and got to work right away. Noel Brown (who’d been heading up most of the work with the shelter house) stayed with us until 10:15am and then left to go on a fishing vacation with some of his relatives. When Noel left we’d just finished putting the brace on the other set of the posts. By lunch time, we’d put up five of the seven trusses:
This was fun since the trusses marked a significant improvement; it finally started looking like a shelter. After lunch, we finished putting up the other two trusses and put up around half of the supporting 2×4 beams between the trusses. Do you ever have that feeling knowing that you’re running at the maximum efficiency possible for the situation? It’s SO refreshing! We had three crews of youth up on the top of ladders measuring the distance for the beams. They were all calling out measurements and Leah was cutting the beams and a couple on the ground were delivering them to be hung. It was phenomenal how systematic and rhythmic the team was working. This is the view I just took a picture of:
We’re now off to Adventureland (the Des Moines area amusement park) for a cap to our mission trip. The shelter is getting there!
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