Another "Sparky"??

Thursday, The end is in sight

On Thursday the Dios Viviente team began shingling the roof,

stretching stucco wire on the outside,

and building a stage inside.

They also broke up a pad of old cement.

Wow! all this in four days!!

At Cristo Arca the front wall was built for the edition and work on wiring continued as well. They also began making bunk beds for the Half-way house.

Wednesday

On Wednesday, the Denver team accomplished a lot!!

At Dios Viviente all of the trusses were finished

and set, quite a feat with the high walls!

They also began working on the electrical wiring.

At Cristo Arca de Salvacion the second level is done, and the roof shingled!

Beware, Dave is always ready with the camera

Tuesday, the work continues

Tuesday morning, under sunny skies, the group began working. At Dios Viviente, the rest of the walls were set, and covered with plywood.

The truss team worked hard to get more than half of the trusses built.

The 14 completed trusses were set on the walls!

At Cristo Arca de Salvacion, the walls were completed and the roof framed.

Several members from the church worked to pour the cement floor.

Monday

Monday morning some of the group made their way to the Dios Viviente mission to begin work on the new sanctuary. The adjustments were made and walls were laid out and raised.

The truss template was made and cutting begun on the plates and cords.

A second group stayed at the Cristo Arca de Salvacion church to begin framing a small addition to the Sunday school/parsonage building. They build the walls and had the deck on by the end of the day.

A great first day, and great start to the week.

Denver Adults

On Sunday evening the adult group from 3rd CRC, Denver, arrived at the Cristo Arca de Salvacion church. They encountered lots of traffic in LA but arrived with no problem. The border crossing was also a wait, first in line, then the US inspection, and finally secondary inspection in Mexico. There was then a wait for the inspectiors and a line to get the paperwork stamped...WELCOME TO MEXICO!

We are looking forward to a great week

Back to square 1

On Wednesday the last of the old sanctuary was dismantled. The men at the rehab center finished breaking up the old cement foundation, loading up all the cement broken cement and garbage, and finished pulling nails out of the 2x4s and plywood. We are ready for the Denver team to join us and the men from the center and begin construction of the new sanctuary on Monday!

Tearing Down

On Tuesday the work of dismantling the sanctuary continued. The site needs to be ready for Monday!!

New Church Building for "Dios Viviente"

The mission "Dios Viviente" (The Living God) in Terrazas del Valle, Tijuana has a problem, a good problem, they fill the sanctuary to overflowing on Sundays and Thursdays. The mission shares a property with the "Forjando Nuevos Destinos" Rehab center and the men from the center fill half of the building. Families from the community, some of them graduates from the rehab program fill the other half.

On Monday morning the men from the center began tearing down the old building, in order to be ready for the new building.