DAY THREE -- Bless this house

Early this morning we were visited by the former chaplain of Habitat International (HFHI), and now pastor of the International Church in Kathmandu. Rendell Day, an American, and his wife Teresa, permanently living in Nepal, came for a short visit with a Hindu holy man. The Day's told us of their work here, and blessed our house and its homeowners with prayers.

We later made a bamboo staff and now have the American flag flying its colors.

The houses we are building are 18'x18', consisting of 3 rooms, a living space, a sleeping room and a kitchen. There is a small veranda at the doorway. No running water for a toilet, so there is a new "squat"outhouse with a ceramic bowl on the floor in the rear of the house.

Work today was to finish the weaving, and begin painting a slurry over the walls in preparation for the plastering of a cement/sand mixture. The first attempts at the plastering show that this will be a frustating task, getting the mix recipe right and then getting it to stick, and then smoothing out.



CONSTRUCTION LEADER GLEN WORKING THE PLASTERING



NANCY B.



JIM TRIMMING BAMBOO