Wetlands System = Very exciting!

Hello All,
It has been a good week.

Bethany Kids:  they were able to get several loads of aggregate and sand up the hill (24 tons at a time) for doing cement work.  So, they have started cementing and should be "out of the ground" by the middle of July!  This is a big deal.  All of the structural work in the ground will be finished and they will begin to work on things above. 

structural retaining wall in the for ground with building understructure behind

 

The ENT Building:  This one is going along well.  They are starting on the walls and are only about 3 weeks behind schedule.  It should be complete sometime in Dec.  We don't really have a permanent ENT doctor right now, but they say, "If you build it, they will come!"

 



ENT coming along

 

 

Timothy got to go to the William Holden Wildlife Education Center in Nanyuki this week with the 6th grade class.  It was about an 8 hour drive on the bus from here.  It is a yearly event that RVA does with the 6th graders.  Timothy had a great time!  He says he learned so much.  His favorite part was seeing and learning about the oxidation pits for the sanitation system!  That's my boy!  He described them as a wet lands that had rock filter beds and plant beds that filtered the water so that when it came out the end works, it was clean enough to drink.  They did not drink it but the instructor told them that the tests have shown it was clean enough for drinking.  They got to see lots of animals and learn how to take care of the environment.  Over all, a very successful trip.

 

Bongo

Crown Crested Crane

Cheetah

Timothy's bed - Tidy!

 

 

RVA Woodshop:  My project is going well.  They were digging the foundation pits this week.  Our architect has been on holiday in Europe and will be back this week.  His substitute has done a great job but we will be glad that he is back. 

 

We have 2 weeks left and we fly home.  Jim is really ready (me too), but we are not physically ready yet for sure.  When is there time to figure out what we need to bring and get this place ready to leave for 6 weeks?  Sallie and I have exactly one day when we arrive to shop for clothes for our Chicago trip (2 days with friends to see the American Girl Doll place) and for camp for her for a week!  And, all this while jet lagged.  If the stores are open at 4 in the morning we will be there I am sure!  We have not bought anything new since last summer.  She has holes and dirt on everything and has outgrown just about everything else!  So, we went to kohls.com last night and got a few things.  It is very exciting to pick out some new clothes!  At least we will have a few things waiting for us when we arrive.  Mom T has given the job of "filing" the things that arrive in the mail from ebay and kohls, etc, in the closet to Dad.  I think we are working on closet number 2 now!  At least it keeps meeting the post man interesting.

Our friend Pastor Samuel lost his brother this week.  This was the man that Jim helped bring home from the hospital about a month ago.  The family is very sad and mourning right now.  Please pray for them as they grieve.

Here is a picture that we took last Sunday.  Do you know how hard it is to gather your family, dress them appropriately and get them to smile while they are doing it?  It is a very difficult thing to do!

 

 

Several people emailed this past week and it was wonderful hearing from them. Thanks so much!  Please pray for us as we hit the finish line, and mourn with Pastor Samuel this week.

 

In His Hands,

Jullie T.

 

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensees