Monday, November 8, 2010

Painting and shopping, with a little carpentry

Today was a workday at the Bethzatha Children's Home Association orphanage in Awassa. Most of the crew spent the day scrubbing walls, speckling, putting on a bright-colored base coat and painting murals. The orphanage is a converted house with about 12 kids, all toddlers and bed babies. It is a newly established branch of the Bethzatha orphanage in Addis Ababa and there is a lot of need. Your donations to our team bought them a two-burner tabletop stove and the supplies for painting and table-making projects.
In the picture, Randy and Myron trim some linoleum that is going back into one of the rooms after the painting is finished.
While the painting was going on, Randy, Myron and I hit the road in the bus with our Ethiopian helpers in search of wood, screws, a power saw and a drill. We were reminded how lucky we are back a home to be able to run down to Lowe's or Home Depot and pick up everything we need in one stop. We spent most of the day going to multiple hardware stores, lumber outlets and carpentry shops before we got everything we needed.
We couldn't find a ladder for sale anywhere in town. When we returned to Bethzatha, Myron and Randy built a stepladder for the painters out of 4-inch tree trunks and boards. Tuesday we will be back at Bethzatha to finish the painting while Myron and Randy build tables.

2 comments:

  1. Great flexibility, working with what is there to get the job done! That is awesome!

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  2. Like Melissa said, way to be flexible! It is great to see you guys working so hard over there and making such an impact! Hope to hear more soon! I usually get a chance to look at the blog after my busy day comes to a close (you guys would probably laugh at my version of a busy day!), so I get to see the blog when you are starting a new day just about! We are always praying for you and thinking of you here at home! Love you all!
    Jolene

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