PAMAS - March

March was rather uneventful, but there were a few highlights. We did a lot of construction this month after the Angel One mission trip that helped us build the houses. Finishing work takes a surprisingly long amount of time. The mission trip got the bulk of the house done, but we had to do this like windows, painting, finishing the mudding/sanding, floors, bathrooms, furniture, trimming, etc. It takes a lot longer than it sounds. Anyways, at first I started to dig a hole for the sewer system with the excavator, and then I switched to helping inside the houses. I helped do a lot of the painting and the floors. For the floors we used kind of like vinyl stuff and then glued it to the cement after we cleaned it so it would stick well. It was honestly pretty fun to sit there with a paintbrush putting glue down and then cutting and setting the vinyl down while listening to music or talking to the other workers.

On Sabbath, we went to Natampod again for church. It's always a neat experience going there and seeing the native people and how they live up in the mountains. We were there for church, had lunch with them, and walked along the road a bit before we left back for the base. The last Sabbath of the month we went to the SULADs deaf school for church as well. This time the bridge was fixed so we walked across the bridge to get to the school rather than through the river. The deaf kids performed some more music like last time, but last time we had brought some ukuleles so they played some songs on the ukuleles as well.

Mr. Harris working on the house.

The inside of the house. The bedrooms are on the right and the bathroom is on the left.

The houses from the outside. Everything is finished outside except the windows and landscaping.

More of the inside.

Digging the area for the sewer tank.

Digging for the sewer tank.

Maurice painting the wall.

Steven taking a break from painting.

Maurice painting.

Neil opening a bucket of paint.

Painting the wall in the kitchen area.

Painting in the main area of the house.

Installing windows.

Working on the floor.

Clyde's dog. She would come with him to the construction site and hang around all day very quietly.

Glean working on the flooring.

Clyde's dog again.

Working on the flooring.

Halfway done with the floor.

Finished floor. The only thing left is electrical and trim.

Cutting metal for the window frames.

Cutting the hole for the window.

Mopping the cement to clean it for the glue.

Putting down flooring in the kitchen.

Maurice with the paint roller.

Natampod church and housing.

Church service in Natampod.

The road going through Natampod.

Making the screen for the windows.

A traditional dance for I think a talent show at the mall in town.

SULADs deaf church service.

One of the deaf students "singing".

Song service with the deaf students.

The deaf students singing.

Students from the school.

The students playing an instrument. I don't know the name of it.

The bridge on the way to the deaf school.