I know that posts haven't been frequent and pictures of the progress even less, but lack of consistent internet at the property, the locating of the transfer card for the camera, and just LIFE should be pretty good excuses right?
January
The month of January saw the delay in getting the concrete poured for the foundation. First we had to find someone to do it. You would think with lots of unemployed people we could at least find someone 'unemployed in Greenland who couldn't even buy brandy' to do it. There were those who just didn't want to, those who never called you back, and those who thought to use our job as an opportunity to make up for all the lost months of not working. The Lord wanted us to wait, and to pray, and to wait...and then have dinner with the Feins before giving us our concrete guy.
The project was to start the beginning of January. God wanted it to rain, rain, RAIN so the job was put off till the middle of January. The footings were re-trenched. Then it rained some more.
1st inspection for approval to bury pipe and methane lines. - No Go.
2nd inspection - different guy - No Go for different reason.
3rd inspection - 1st & 2nd guys together - OK to bury lines. Argument over the size of the footings and the inspectors playing hardball rather than believing that the engineer knows what he is doing. A call by our engineer to the inspector to stop playing around with us.
4th inspection to approve the pouring of concrete - inspector ready to walk away all because of methane lines again - until the Lord knew my breaking point and allowed me to fall apart in frustration - 'and the Lord moved in the heart of the inspector' - job approved to pour concrete February 4th! Happy Birthday Mr. Cool!
Today, Feb 8th the concrete guys came to remove the forms, pick up the left overs and trash, and get the final payment.
Wood list is being put together this week. We hope to have the list submitted to different companies this weekend and maybe start building end of next week. We'll just have to wait and see if our timing is the same as the Lord's. Pray that our hearts remain thankful even if it isn't.
January
The month of January saw the delay in getting the concrete poured for the foundation. First we had to find someone to do it. You would think with lots of unemployed people we could at least find someone 'unemployed in Greenland who couldn't even buy brandy' to do it. There were those who just didn't want to, those who never called you back, and those who thought to use our job as an opportunity to make up for all the lost months of not working. The Lord wanted us to wait, and to pray, and to wait...and then have dinner with the Feins before giving us our concrete guy.
The project was to start the beginning of January. God wanted it to rain, rain, RAIN so the job was put off till the middle of January. The footings were re-trenched. Then it rained some more.
1st inspection for approval to bury pipe and methane lines. - No Go.
2nd inspection - different guy - No Go for different reason.
3rd inspection - 1st & 2nd guys together - OK to bury lines. Argument over the size of the footings and the inspectors playing hardball rather than believing that the engineer knows what he is doing. A call by our engineer to the inspector to stop playing around with us.
4th inspection to approve the pouring of concrete - inspector ready to walk away all because of methane lines again - until the Lord knew my breaking point and allowed me to fall apart in frustration - 'and the Lord moved in the heart of the inspector' - job approved to pour concrete February 4th! Happy Birthday Mr. Cool!
Today, Feb 8th the concrete guys came to remove the forms, pick up the left overs and trash, and get the final payment.Wood list is being put together this week. We hope to have the list submitted to different companies this weekend and maybe start building end of next week. We'll just have to wait and see if our timing is the same as the Lord's. Pray that our hearts remain thankful even if it isn't.
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