The view from our ‘dining room’ window is a beautiful oak tree surrounded by nice grass, with a huge corn field in the background. It’s an especially beautiful view in the morning, when we can catch the sunrise as we’re having our breakfast.
We headed over to the home site for morning devotionals from a local church. As always, it’s a wonderful way to start the day!
The sub-team that worked on the foundation yesterday made great progress. They were able to ‘complete the box’, which means that they were able to finish the sub-flooring and all the foundational components. It actually looks like a great dance floor 😉
Our sub-team had one more interior wall to finish back at the church pavilion. After that was completed, we had to load the trailer for transport back to the home site.
When we had finished that task, we all headed back to the home site and jumped into helping to create the exterior walls. ‘Bob the Builder’ provided each couple with a binder with all of the drawings for the house, which included detailed drawings for each wall. The first step in building the wall is to mark where each of the wall components are located.
We then determine which sub-components are needed, and get to work building them (e.g. headers for windows or T’s for intersecting walls).
We were able to get one of the exterior walls ready for nailing. The rest of the team got an additional two walls done, so we should be able to see some walls being put up tomorrow :-).
We stopped at 3PM today, so the team could get ready to attend a dinner hosted by the local Ambucs. According to the Ambucs website, their mission statement is:
- Inspiring people to conquer challenges related to mobility and independence, through a nationwide network of volunteer chapters, working in partnership with physical, occupational and speech therapists; by providing Amtryke adaptive trykes, scholarships for therapists and many forms of community service.
It’s definitely a ‘good ‘ol boys group’ that do amazing things for their local community, like building ramps for wheelchairs, and providing trikes to disabled children The Sullivan chapter treats our Habitat team to an amazing grilled dinner every year. We enjoyed amazing pork chops, baked potatoes, homemade baked beans, salad and dessert. This organization is a great example of what America is all about!
Another amazing day here in Sullivan, IL! We are blessed to have the opportunity to work with such hard-working, generous people.
in the # 2 picture where you are putting the partition up that ceiling look like plywood is that some thing new in construction ?
you and the team are making great progress The base for this house is impressive. The pictures show that the base is covered with plywood. How is that plywood attached to the base? Is it nailed? We are looking forward to seeing the walls attached to he floor. Are the interior walls installed first? You are having too much fun
Looks like another great day!
What an amazing experience
You and joe are blessed yo be part of this experience .
We go home next friday and we hope to continue to follow you and the project.