Today was our final day of construction to finish projects for the week. After finishing the block work on the guard house. We cleaned out the inside, and removed a lot of dirt for the concrete floor to be installed by future teams coming down.
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| Hand dug 6 - 7 cubic yards of dirt. |
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| Had some tough roots to pull out also. |
Cabinets were finished, painted, and installed in the multi purpose building. The team also made up some much needed hangers for the team rooms.
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| New cabinets going up in Bethany Center |
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| Lisa Adding new Murals |
The prayer room was finished in the Fountain of Peace building. This will be a wonderful place to pray and be one with The Lord, for the girls and also the staff here at the Oasis.
We then got to enjoy a lot of time playing and talking with the girls as we were getting ready for our dinner with the girls at the Ester house. The girls at the Ester house are the Independence program girls. They are 18 and older, and learning to live on their own to ready themselves for life after the Oasis. Earlier in the week they had invited us over for dinner, and we could not say no.
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| This was the first time the girls had invited a team for dinner. |
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| Josh and Susan Ma were our team hosts. |
They prepared for us a nice meal of Lasagna, salad, and fruit. To finish it off they had made a Carrot cake to celebrate the Birthdays of Kyle and Lisa. It was the best meal of the week. The highlight for me was Tony doing our nightly devotions after dinner. Not only doing it for us, but also in Spanish for the girls, kind of a two for one. A magnificent job by Tony. Thanks.
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| The Independence Girls showing great hospitality. |
Tomorrow we have our retreat with the girls, and we are really looking forward to the lessons we can help teach about The Lord. We will have prayer sessions, games, crafts, and a great time learning the Word of God. This has been another successful year down here at the Oasis. Not only the work we have done on the grounds, but the work we do with our relationships to the girls and the staff at the Oasis.
Mark
Oh .... just want to be there with you all!
ReplyDeleteDon't really want to dig cement or roots, or paint, just saying :-) but want to be there for your time in the prayer room in the fountain peace building with each of you and the girls.
Thank you once again for the posts, pictures, and documenting the walk of faith! And a very Happy Birthday to Kyle and Lisa!
love you and see you soon. B.
Good work guys on all the projects you completed this week and good work girls at Casa Ester for cooking for everyone! Praying that today's retreat is a great time of blessing for everyone involved.
ReplyDeleteTim B.
You are all definitely finishing strong! Have a great last full day with all the girls.
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