Alaskan Adventure - 6/23/2014 - Central Mission Assembly of God Church

First... A bit of levity....

Remember my question from the last blog post?

What is the difference between a Reindeer and a Caribou?

                                         Santa says. "A reindeer can fly".

But my granddaughter  (10 years old ) gave a more scientific answer....

  Reindeer come from Siberia and come from a domestic breed, where Caribou is American and do not come from any domestic breed.  She believes other than that one is just smaller occasionally due to them migrating farther.  She believes they have the same hooves.   

Smart girl!!!  

Ok.. Now a report on the project.

Today was a beautiful day here in Fairbanks, Alaska but rain is predicted for the rest of the week.  So the men have been busy preparing the site for the concrete to be poured.

Measuring out the site.

Missionary James and Glenn. 

They were faster than I could capture the different stages but as you can see, the boards are in place in preparation for the concrete.

Here they are digging the trenches for the underground plumbing.  Some men of the church are helping too.  There is James, Ray, and Ray's brother-in-law visiting from Korea.  We call him the Professor.  

    Ray in red shirt and Professor in white shirt. 

    Plumbing

    Al and Arlen laying the plumbing.

    Plumbing laid and dirt backfilled.  Is that a word?...ipad doesn't think so....oh well.

  Here James and Glenn are building door and window frames.  

That is all the progress I captured. And that was only a half day.

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The ladies have feed us all well.   Today we had baked salmon, rice, and fresh spinach.  All very delicious.

After supper time, I was able to get a few more pictures.  The Lord has helped them accomplish much.

    Foam board is laid down because of the extreme cold and then rebarb on top.  Now ready for concrete.

In the mean time, walls were pre-fabricated.

    Walls

     Walls prefabricated.

...and also windows and doors.

  It was a long day.......from sun up  to sun down.  Oh wait,  this is in the "Land of the Midnight Sun".   

                             We have not seen nighttime since we have been here!!!