Friday, June 26, 2009

And the walls came tumbling down.........

Well this is not a Bible lesson on what happened to Jericho, but there are lots of walls coming down in Haiti. In March (I believe) the Mayor went around and marked on some walls letting the owners know that they needed to move their wall back however many meters was painted on their walls. Now this is great because the purpose is to widen the roads and pave them, and there is a lot of work for the Haitians. Good news, however, it also raises a lot of concern because the point of the walls is for security reasons. If you take down your wall before building another one you are exposed! Now some people are building the new wall first and then knocking down the old wall, but their are others (like the ones on our street) who are just knocking down the old wall to reuse the rocks for their new wall. So, as you can see there is a lot going on here!



Paint on the wall telling how much the wall needs to move back




Getting things in place to mix the cement and start building!



Here the workers first broke down the old wall using sledge hammers and now using the rocks to build the new wall




The Chapel wall is one of those walls that need to be moved back. I do not remember how long the wall is, but trust me it is super long! To move the wall back 2 meters is going to cost $38,000.00!! That is a ton of money that they do not have right now. If the wall does not get done then the Mayor will come and bulldozer it down! Please pray that they will get the money they need.


One side of the chapel wall



The other side of the chapel wall



We are ended our second week here in Haiti! We brought Karl and Ann to the airport on Tuesday, and they have arrived in the states safe and sound. Luke is working hard preparing for church on Sunday and I am gearing up to teach this coming week!



This is Luke working really hard on his sermon for Sunday :)
(We staged this, he really wasn't sleeping.....atleast when I was in his office) :)


There have been lots of baby goats roaming the street and this little guy just made himself home under our car....he is so cute, I just had to show you :)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's great hearing all about your times and adventures...I bet at one point or another, Luke WAS sleeping! Praying for you both, and for the construction of the wall. Love you, Mom

Anonymous said...

bring home a baby goat for bella...bring home two riley would love a new playmate!!! i hope everything works out for u guys with new wall:0)

Anonymous said...

one baby goat for me, please

Anonymous said...

Riley and a baby goat...now there's a picture!!