Church of God Mission

Elon Connors, Dennis Hamilton, and Cody Dilbert (left to right) helped leveling the pad. We disconnected the bathroom from the building and dragged it with the truck rather than demolishing it. It is to be reconstructed into a storage shed.

Cody is a deaf mute boy, but he enjoyed being around the mission house and taking part in whatever is going on. He is holding his plate of food. He used to beg for food at the mission house on a regular basis. He has since learned that food and work go together and has made quite a contribution. He has also developed some muscles!

The children enjoyed "helping".

Digging the septic tank hole was a challenge. It was in a muddy area and the walls of the hole kept collapsing. It was so hot I draped a tarp near the hole to give some shade. We lifted muddy slop from the hole one bucket at a time. Finally, the collapsing was so bad we gave up and hired a back hoe.

We really enjoyed having a group of workers come down from the States to put up the second floor of the building addition. I was amazed at how quickly it was framed, siding put on, and the roof put on.

Brother Ted Bock and Dad (Jim Wall) cut boards to length and passed them up to the boys for assembly.

The water storage tank is elevated so we can have water pressure upstairs in the mission house. The previous tank was at a lower level to collect rain water, and did not provide pressure to have running water upstairs during outages of the town water supply.

The chapel addition extends toward the mission house. The school addition is the concrete structure below.

The enlarged sanctuary (below) will relieve the occasional overcrowding.

School addition (above) with a school storage room. In the back of the sanctuary are two Sunday School rooms and a bathroom (below).

Workshop and mission storage (above) with a lockable tool room.

Church of God Mission Building Project - School and Chapel Addition
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	The Honduras mission trustees approved building a 28 ft by 28 ft two storey addition to the chapel and school. We had fill gravel and dirt brought in to make a ramp to allow dump trucks to come down to the construction site to put the fill in place. The fact that the work was being down during rainy season posed a challenge - trucks getting stuck and ditches collapsing. The bath room at the right side of the building had to be removed to make room for the expansion and the rain water collection tank had to come down. The contractor bringing the fill was kind enough to send a front end loader at no charge one night. We had moved a number of dump truck loads of wet clay and rock mixes by hand - with shovels and a wheel barrow.
	Elon Connors, Dennis Hamilton, and Cody Dilbert (left to right) helped leveling the pad. We disconnected the bathroom from the building and dragged it with the truck rather than demolishing it. It is to be reconstructed into a storage shed. Cody is a deaf mute boy, but he enjoyed being around the mission house and taking part in whatever is going on. He is holding his plate of food. He used to beg for food at the mission house on a regular basis. He has since learned that food and work go together and has made quite a contribution. He has also developed some muscles!
The children enjoyed "helping".	The pad is built over an area that is usually wet and spongey. The fill dirt was covered with a rock and dirt mixture, which then was covered with a layer of rock and gravel. We loaded the pickup with large rocks until it sagged in back, then I drove back and forth over the pad to compress it, trying to cover close to every square inch. It seemed to work well. Here we were working on a December day, and I was sweating heavily. Fortunately this rainy season is drier than normal.
	The existing girls' bathroom in the existing school is to be removed to allow more space in the school. The two new bathrooms are to be built in the addition. The additional school space is to include room to accommodate more student cubicles, book shelves, a locking school storage room, and a computer area. The workshop area is to house the table saw, tools, mission tent, and possibly to be used to teach boys wood working skills in the future. The upstairs addition will increase the chapel size and add Sunday School rooms. The two Sunday School rooms in the addition are to also be used for sleeping quarters when mission workers are visiting from the States.
	Digging the septic tank hole was a challenge. It was in a muddy area and the walls of the hole kept collapsing. It was so hot I draped a tarp near the hole to give some shade. We lifted muddy slop from the hole one bucket at a time. Finally, the collapsing was so bad we gave up and hired a back hoe.
	We really enjoyed having a group of workers come down from the States to put up the second floor of the building addition. I was amazed at how quickly it was framed, siding put on, and the roof put on. Brother Ted Bock and Dad (Jim Wall) cut boards to length and passed them up to the boys for assembly.
	The local boys were impressed by the nail gun and took their turns using it. In spite of the heavy work schedule, the young men from the States were able to fit late night crab hunting, snorkeling, and some site seeing into their schedule.
	Frequent rain showers slow progress, but down pours stop as quickly as they start, and the work resumes.
	The water storage tank is elevated so we can have water pressure upstairs in the mission house. The previous tank was at a lower level to collect rain water, and did not provide pressure to have running water upstairs during outages of the town water supply.
	The chapel addition extends toward the mission house. The school addition is the concrete structure below.
Brother Elon loves painting and volunteered to help.
The enlarged sanctuary (below) will relieve the occasional overcrowding.	School addition (above) with a school storage room. In the back of the sanctuary are two Sunday School rooms and a bathroom (below).	Workshop and mission storage (above) with a lockable tool room.

		Honduras Mission

Building Project - School and Chapel Addition