Sorry it has taken me so long to post about Jamaica. It is hot, hard work and I have been very tired. But we are making progress on the house. It is very hot heavy work and we work late in the day and by the time we eat I go to bed and sleep well.
I do have some good pictures to post.

 

We now have six layers of bags will post more later

Blessings

Ron

A New Adventure

I am excited. But I am also nervous. I am about to embark on a ten day adventure to Jamaica. While in Jamaica I will be meeting up with several other people. The goal of these ten days is to build an earth bag house. Since I do not know these other people and I am not sure just what we will be doing work wise I am sure we will be learning alot as we go.
I have been informed the work will be labor intensive and as one who works sitting behind a desk I realize this is going to be a stretch for me. In my past I have had some labor intensive jobs sucha s working at a lumber yard but that has been years ago so as I head toward 60 I will do my best to keep up with the others on the work site. I was reminded by a church member to take advair and I am planning to do so because of my kayaking experience last summer in the Caymans where Christy and i were the oldest people on the tour and tried to proved we could our paddle the others. I woke up later that night with very sore shoulders. Needless to say I plan on doing a better job pacing myself.
I look forward to meeting new people and making some new friends as we work along side each other.
You are probably wondering why on earth is a 59 year old pastor wanting to spend 10 days working to build such a house. It is my plan to learn how to build such a building and take the knowledge I have learned to Haiti and teach people how to build suitable housing for minimal cost and help the people of Haiti to help themselves in the working toward sustainable housing.
I feel that I have been blessed in so many ways and as one who has achieved far more than others have ever expected of me and more than I have ever expected of myself it is only right that I give something back to the world that has made all this possible.
I appreciate the opportunity that has come my way and appreciate a church that understands my passion by allowing me to take this venture. I also appreciate my family giving me the encouragement to go on so many mission trips.
Over then next few days I hope to have access to blog each evening and hopefully post some pictures of my experience. I look forward to a great experience.