A new roof for Josephina!

We have hit the ground running with work projects since we came back from language school.

As some of you know we have hired three local men to work on these projects every week.  It is a great tool for us to support some people here through their work while at the same time providing roof, floors, windows, doors, and other living essentials here for people who have no way of affording them.  God is so good for allowing us to participate in His plan for this community in such an intimate way!

This week we started a new roof for a very sweet lady, Josephina, out in the Ejido called Mogote.  The local government here provided her with some materials last year, but it wasn't near enough and she could not afford to hire anyone to install the new roof.

You can see by the curvature of this old morillo how close the roof was to coming down.

The old roof used bamboo sheets for the sheathing.  Plastic was on top of that but it had decayed.  Water was leaking in the room pretty bad.  Some spots were rotten to the point that Sergio almost fell through.  Josephina says though that this roof lasted 38 years, which is pretty typical for a roof of this type!

After installing the new roof joists and planking, plastic is laid down and topped with dirt. A parapet wall of one cement block is added to the top of that around the border.

Cement will be added to the top of this dirt for extra durability.

The top edge around the inside and outside is then touched up with new cement stucco.  

 

From the Left: Gonzalo, Josephina, Sergio, Pancho

The materials for these projects are fairly expensive.  I hope to do one project a week, however in order to accomplish that I need to raise some more funds for materials.  Please prayerfully consider supporting this important work for this community!  By supporting my family in mission you will be directly helping families in great need!  God Bless!