Well the crew from Kerzum is making great progress in putting up the metal structure for the barn. They work long days. Like 6:30am to 8 pm. unless it rains hard. There are three guys- they are staying in the summer kitchen and I am making dinner at noon for them. They keep complimenting the food- which makes me want to keep up to their expectations. I may have overdone it with soup, salads, meat, a couple other dishes and dessert everyday! By Tuesday they will be ready for the second truck of parts to come, and we will have 7 guys here to put up and weld the arches (and feed dinner) until Thursday. So that's all going great.
Garry did get some of the concrete floors poured this week in spite of a problem- his guys from the village walked off Thursday around noon, after about a quarter of the alley was done. They wanted more money than Garry planned to pay to unload the trucks. They took their money for that load and the prep work and went home. It was disappointing as Garry was trying to build relationships while working with them. So Garry, Victor, Mel Sayer (just off the plane to visit)and the boys ended up doing the rest. One cement truck broke down, and the other had a flat tire, so the last load came around 7 pm. Garry ended up floating that one at 10 pm while I held a flashlight for him to see. It looks pretty good anyway.
We planned to welcome the work team from Steinbach here in the village on Sunday night. Unfortunately, there is this volcano in Iceland- maybe you heard that it is erupting and causing havoc for air flights in Europe- well it has grounded our team at home. They are going to try to reorganize but cannot book new tickets for at least two weeks. Needless to say everyone is disappointed! We hoped they would be here to see the "tent" go up as well as help finish the inside and build the milkhouse. Hopefully they will still be able to come, the beds will be ready for them.
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