Progress on Sous Espwa Office Addition

Haitian builders typically do either masonry or wood construction.  Building out of steel, foam, and drywall has required the development of new skills.

Thanks to the Goderich team for fundraising for and helping to install the foam panels.

For those of you who have been praying for and supporting the work of our Sous Espwa office addition, here are some pictures of the project.  A team from Goderich (ON) and a group of Haitian workers has finished installing the foam walls of the second story addition.  We are building out of lower-weight materials instead of masonry because of concerns about the structural strength of our office building.  Next we will assemble and install the roof trusses.  This is very pressing work since rain sometimes (though rarely) falls in March.  I strong rainstorm would send torrents of water into our office because of the exposed stairway access.  In a few weeks we will receive a team from Goshen and Sussex CRCs, who were able to reschedule their trip to Haiti.  Originally the team had planned to come in February.  However, the visit was cancelled by our home office because of concerns about the political situation in Haiti.