Roofing in the New Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT THE REFUGE!
Greetings to all of our Friends from all of us at The Refuge. Hopefully Christmas has been a time of great joy for each of you. It certainly has been for us We are thanking God for His faithfulness. As most of you know, God’ has provided the funds needed to not only meet the challenge of matching the anonymous gift , but thanks to many of you, to exceed that amount. So, God has been good, and we are able to move forward. We thought we would share some recent pictures of activity here.
A rare sunny day in December.
Since our contractor, Mark Pomerinke and his helper, Alan Reimann have been so responsive to every “off-the-wall” request in many areas beyond their primary job descriptions, we thought a personal Christmas gift was in order. You might say that they are known as “Odd Jobs Are Us” - so we made up some special T-shirts emblazoned with “We Do It All” and a listing of some of the things they’ve been called upon to do. Here they are with their new shirts, making a fashion statement.
“We do it all.” Alan & Mark with their new T shirts - compliments of The Refuge management.
Actually, despite reports to the contrary, we actually have had a number of sunny days out here at The Refuge - although we must admit that a full day of sun has been a rarity.
At work on the roof.
Good news for us, as right before Christmas we received a present - the metal roofing arrived on site. For several days now the roofers have been able to at least work part of a day, getting the edging in place and some of the panels on.. The bucket truck has come in handy with the lifting of the panels up onto the roof and putting the edging in place. Needless to say, work up on such a surface is precarious to say the least.
Lifting the metal roof panels up into place …
A “bucket” truck comes in handy for jobs like this.
Laying a metal roof on in such weather is a precarious business.
When snow halted the work on the roof, Mark & Alan were able to install the first of our exterior french doors. We were able to match the roof color with the door colors. Earlier they had begun installation of a number of our windows. Here are a couple of shots of the first doors in place on the second floor. This is an important milestone for us out here. Now, if we can just get some dry days in the next several weeks, we’ll get that roof on and make it a lot easier to work inside. Art Casillas, our plumbing contractor has completed most of the drilling work for pipe emplacement and will be out here next week continuing on with his part of the project. Then our electrical contractor, Jason Woods should be along shortly to get us power inside the building.
So, much is happening out here as the New Year begins. Please pray for good weather as we seek to get our roof on. Pray also that changes we’re making will be quickly approved by the county so that we can move forward.
Thanks for your continued help and prayers.
Robbie & Jim Edgren
Directors & Hosts