February 23 Upstairs Walls Going Up

Just last week the floor was being poured on the upstairs (of the lower level) and there are already walls up on it!  Here's how it looks today...

It doesn't look a whole lot different from that angle, so let's walk forward, and turn the corner to the back side where we see the future apartment of Jeff & Carolyn Stoker.  The floor above the apartment was poured last week, now the walls are up on the floor above.

Main entrance for lower apartment (Stoker's future home)

The bucket of the front end loader is useful in getting cement blocks up to the upstairs.

Future screen porch of Stoker's apartment; walls upstairs going up!

Stoker's porch (left); downstairs of upper level hostel (right)

In the above picture, our back is to the wall separating the hostel from RFIS.  Now, we climb up that little dirt hill and turn to get a view from up there...

Oh look!  It's Ron... "supervising" the construction.

Ron took the lawn chair to verify how many blocks high to make the partial wall on the porch upstairs.  It's going to be nice!  The above picture also gives a good view of the forest of support -- these sticks support the whole upstairs.  It was quite amusing to see Carolyn and I gingerly stepping between them as she gave me a tour of the inside of their apartment.

Another view of the upstairs of the lower level being built up.

The Cameroonian crew is doing an excellent job.  We are so thankful for hard working men experienced in construction.  Meanwhile, today a couple of our missionary colleagues involved in the construction left for Mt. Cameroon.  Phil Falconer and Scott Pyles are climbing the mountain this weekend with several RFIS students who have been training all year for this!   I'm sure they'll be pleased at the progress that happens in their absence.

Phil and Scott helping pack up the bus for the Mt. Cameroon climbing expedition