Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Psalm 127:1
Notice the center hasn't been coated yet. This is our final day with the team from Christ Lutheran, Phoenix, Arizona.
The interior is coming right along...
Door frames in place.
Up, up, up goes the walls.
The children up on the scaffold to help.
Ginger Taff & Pastor Thwala solving all of life's problems under the shade.
Georgia showing off the shirt of the University where her sister and my daughter attend: Azusa Pacific... Go Cougars!
Drew West doing what he does best... lay em blocks.
Pastor Frank spent the week on the scaffold.
Getting tight inside with the walls going up and so many people plus the scaffold.
Fiani, the pro could work circles around us.
Here Fiani is getting some help from Lorna.
We all wrote a prayer to be place above the door.
Michael writing his prayer.
Many children came to help. The whole community knew that white people were in Ntshongweni building a house.
We placed our prayers in this hard hat.
This is the prayer I wrote.
Cute little boy.
Ginger... whatya in for?
Me, Michael and one of the boys who will live here.
The girls Natalie & Georgia bought peanut butter, apples and cheese to give to the children.
The children eating their snacks.
2x4 bracing the doors frames.
Lunch is served... tasty variety of finger foods.
Too tired missionaries.
Happy boys.
Puppy love.
Pastor Thwala and Fiani hiding their amaquina's.
Yummy, yummy ball of doughy grease.
Tim the puppy having fun with Ginger.
Lunch over, Fiani back at building the wall to the bathroom.
Joe, Karen and Drew placing the wall between two of the bedrooms.
Two rows and more to come.
Front door cement pad being poured.
The house is for Gogo Shabalala and the children she is raising.
Allowing the littlest Shabalala to peek inside.
Littlest Shabablala wanting inside... someone lift her in.
The crew cleaning up.
The boys love having their picture taken.
The Americans brought treats for the children; stickers and party blowers.
The women laughing the happy little girl with her toys.
We had to stop working and Fiani will finish the house. We stopped for the dedication of the house. This house was built to the Glory of God.
After the prayer and the thanks, Gogo Shabablala gives hugs to the entire team. Here Heidi got her hug.
Ginger gives her hug.
Hip Hip Hooray.
Ginger and I give Gogo Shabalala a pinafore...
And Zulu children bibles.
End of day five and God saw that it was VERY good!
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