Working on the gate

Just wanted to put a couple of photos of the welding Don has been doing. Each of the pieces (which were cut ahead of time, most by a team) had to welded into place. Then each of the legs had to be welded together and THEN the braces had to welded into place, and then the bigger braces to hold it once the cement is poured around it. Now you can see why it took him days to do it. And when I wasn't out there, he had to keep stopping for all the people that came in.

We have this ONE part of the gate done. (WE is a collective term, meaning HE did the work and I watched.) You can see how big it is. It is 12 feet long (or high when it is upright). Four feet will be in the ground. He thinks he has enough forms to do this, at least we pray he does. Then he can start cutting and welding for the next column. That one won't be quite as involved as it will be anchored to a wall. This one is free standing.
Now you have a little look into what is going on with this gate. It's a huge project and he's working hard on it.

We've had some more rains, but at least not the deluge we have been having. Just good soaking rains. So, at this point no need to order gopher wood for a boat...but we'll see.

Don was checking something out on the internet yesterday and found a bit of news that isn't the greatest. The earthquake we had was bad...but the two plates didn't separate like they usually do. One of the plates is caught on a small (relative word) section of the other one. So, experts are saying another quake is certain...just don't know when, and it could be worse than the first one. Not something we look forward to at all. So, prayers are needed for Haiti again.

Again, we have to depend on the Lord and we know He knows all about this and can see us through it all. Psalm 28: 7a "the Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped." Again, Psalms found the right place when needed. We truly serve an awesome and powerful God!! Have a wonderful and blessed day!!