JUST MERCY
Photos
Construction of the Mission Base (foundation)
Here we go on the front pad. 24 bags of cement 5 to 6 times as much gravel and 15 gallons of water per bag of cement.
Screeding and leveling the concrete in the blazing sun.
Notice the hand pump and the 2 guys at the well on the left. The power is out that day so all the water for the concrete is had to be hand pumped today.
We are rocking and rolling now. We had improved our system so that we could mix a batch on concrete in about 5 or 6 minutes
5 or 6 wheelbarrow load to move per batch of concrete.
Jude Marie Herad operating the cement mixer
Bill Montgomery 62 years old laboring in the hot sun
Daniel on the right and Danny on the left tying reinforcement wire on 1 foot squares on the 20x28 ft pad about 560 has to be tied
Peter signalling we are working on pad # 2. His buddy James and himself arrived at the perfect time to help pour the 3 pads. There strength, youthfulness and enthusiasm where a boost!
We began to improve our system by putting gravel into buckets while the last batch was mixing. Then when we where ready for gravel we poured the buckets into the cement mixer.
Brett showing a bag of cement was preslit in the middle to expedite the filling of the mixed.
Two guys lift the bag up to the cement mixer and then a third guy punches the bag from behind. The bag then explodes in to the mixer
Peter is showing his sunburn. The skin of the blancs as we are called suffered sunburn, heat rash, blisters and mosquuito bites.
The view of the lake from the pads.
One finished pad and a view of the lake and a sailboat on the lake
Pouring the second pad
The last wheelbarrow load in the last corner of the last pad.
Mike knows how to pose and smile for a picture
Finishing the last pad
More finishing
Still more finishing
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