Something New

As I said a couple of days ago, every new community we build in brings changes. This is for our "Something New" department. I'm convinced we're not done with new things so we'll try to report something new when we see it. It may not be new to you but it is to us. I've found myself having to make a choice here- I know enough I can just play along and not ask questions for fear of someone thinking I'm ignorant, OR, I swallow my pride and ask questions and learn new things and in the process open up communication. I've chosen the latter and it has been humbling to ask "what is that?" when I know it's something basic to them, whether it's terminology or a product..... I've also found that most folks don't really care where I'm from or how we do it there. I can relate as I use to not care to chat much with strangers but in my "occupation" change I've had to force myself to be more outward and have found I actually enjoy it now (most of the time). Besides learning new things it gives one the chance to zone in on the spiritual and possibly be a vessel of God's mercy and grace. Vessels come and go, receive and deliver....
Anyway, the above pic is of the headers cut to size for us. Solid spruce 6x8's and 4x12's. We don't get those out east!

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Some new help came out today! From left to right - that's Donovan, Justin, Landon, and James. They are all friends of Justin, and Tribal members. It was great getting to know these guys and we are very thankful for the help!

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The end of Thursday. I couldn't get a good pic because it was raining again. It's supposed to rain for a few more days. While that's a bummer for the project, the area is in an extreme drought so I'm glad we came and blessed them with rain. Trusses are coming with wall top delivery Tuesday so we gotta have a break to make that date. BUT, I've submitted to the idea that this trip is forming up differently than we expected. Hmmmmm....

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