Sunday, July 31, 2011

BUNK BEDS ARE FINISHED! (from dan)

    well after two long weeks of working on them they are finally done! i feel like God has given me nothing but strength and encouragement through this time of the building process! when I first came here i though that we were going to slap a couple 2x4 together and BOOM you have yourself a bunk bed! but NO God chose someone truly dedicated to these beds. and he had a bit of a different plan.
these were the finished  product minus the bed boards.
These 4 beds took about two weeks of solid work with the last two days of work being 10 to 12 hour days!
Now i don't want you guys to freak out(Mom and Dad) but those last 3 or 4 days of work i was pretty sick with a really sore throat and chest and from all the sawdust hitting my eyes one of my eyes got a pretty irritated for a good 48 hours. because of that i had to miss one morning session, But throughout that whole process i felt fairly good and was able to keep working.
   Delivering the beds was an amazing feeling! not a feeling of accomplishment or being proud. more like a awestruck at the fact that for some of the families the beds took up a large portion of their home! It was not something that i was upset to see because that were all very happy and some even tearing up about it!  but for someone like to me to come from a very nice house and see that these families houses and the fact that it was a bed and possibly refrigerator was a little sad! but all in all this was an absolutely incredible experience and I would start all over again tomorrow if i had to! here are some more pictures of the families that we delivered to and the bunk bed making in general.


Transportation

All the kids behind me are just some the ones that will sleep in this bed. 



tight squeeze!

Miladies family missing some of her kids

The view we enjoyed while delivering the beds to the first two families.

Fanny's family and Victors Kids

me and my Buddy Jorge taking a picture with the old and new beds.

Third family A.K.A "Skinny Family"

fourth family (they have 15 kids!!!)

1 comment:

  1. WOW!!! What true craftsmanship. Great job. So sorry to hear you weren't feeling well Dan. Glad you're better. Please let us know when the babies are delivered and how that went. Many prayers are going out to the families in El Porvenier and to you, Al and Kate. All is well here. Love to you all. Momma Griffin

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