Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | By: BLC missions team

Look What the LORD is Building!

 
We are delighted to report more progress on the group home that has been under construction throughout the past few months.  It's hard to believe we were just prepping this jobsite the first week of March.  We have applied a nice finish to the exterior of the building to give it a nice finished look.

 
Our next group will be arriving on May 10th, from the St. Louis area.  We will get started on laying ceramic floors and also tile for the bathrooms.  We will also possibly work on an outside planter with all the rocks we have here!  We will stain and seal the wood ceiling throughout the house with a spray gun and compressor as well.

 
We just completed two more terraces up the hill and planted 60 avocado trees, 30 cashew trees and 60 limon and cherry trees.  We are continuing to work on two more new terraces as we get closer to the Seminary, it is getting to be a large addition to the overall complex! 



Some of the extended Keller family came to visit recently, with in-laws coming for a week and helping with planting some of the trees.  The week before we were assisted by Rich and Mary Erickson from First Emmanuel Cedarburg and we really appreciate the help!

God is doing some wonderful things down here and we are grateful for His blessings -- Praise the Lord!
Friday, April 12, 2013 | By: BLC missions team

Local Church Members Help with Roof on Orphanage

The construction project continues to move along very well.  Last Friday, we had a mission work day at the new orphanage, with the help of Pastor Willy from Las Americas with 4 members from their church.


We had members from local churches as well, along with most of the missionaries with families.


We worked hard, but we found time for lunch of course!  The real highlight of the day was all of the terrific progress on the ROOF of the house:

 

This project is really cruising now!



Some sections of the roof are almost complete.  This was a day of hard work, but also a great day for the LORD.

 

Thank you to all of our helpers and hard workers here and back at home -- we appreciate the prayers -- the word from the DR is:  God is great!!

 

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | By: BLC missions team

Most Recent Pictures of Group Home

Greetings!
 
This series of pictures shows the latest progress on the construction of the group home.  We have finally finished the reinforcement beam that goes around the entire building, and now we will put up a bridge wall up the middle of the house so we can begin the roof.
 
The last picture is the septic tank, "Americano Style" -- we still need to plaster the inside and close up with a concrete top.
 
Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support!