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Upgrading the water system. Four storage tanks (20,000 liters) two filters, a control panel and three pumps.
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Stories like Sai highlight the importance of expanding our campus. Another important message we are learning in our class on Revelation is that time is critical. It is urgent that we increase our capacity to equip and send church planters and leaders from 30 to 80 students. Our campus expansion will take us there.
As we continue moving forward with construction there are several things taking place that must all come together at the same time. We are still waiting on the electric company to hook up our three-phase electricity (we are currently on single phase). We need the three phase because the new pumps and control box for our upgraded water system will not run on single phase. (OK it will run, but will burn out within a few hours). The water system is integral because we are making adobe bricks on site, and that requires lots of water. We would much rather use our own water source than pay the community water works.
In the mean time we have submitted the paperwork for building permits. As the permits are being processed and obtained we will begin making the adobe brick. 600 square meters of dirt has been deposited on the property and is waiting for the workers' living quarters to be
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completed. The construction workers will live on site for the 12 months or so it takes to complete the project. The workers will make adobe brick the old fashioned way, mixing the dirt with water and them mixing it into a smooth adobe mixture by stomping around with their feet. The adobe mud will be poured into molds and sun baked. So it is important to get the blocks made over the next 2 months before the rainy season starts.
(Click on pictures to see more photos of the construction.) The time frame to complete the classroom building is about 12 months.
Keep praying for this project. We are still raising the last $60,000 needed to complete this project. Click here for more information on what the last $60,000 covers. Or contact David Filbeck at dsfilbeck@yahoo.com.
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