Hi All,
Warm Greetings from PNG!
Well sorry that I have not been able to get the email out sooner. There has been a lot going on. The Hospital did open last Thursday after some apologies and other things lined up for it to happen. Workers seem to be happy at the moment after todays meetings with the tribal line today. We seem to be on track again at a great pace again. Worked on site started a little last Friday and has been going full speed since yesterday.
25 meters of concrete is being poured by hand everyday. Today 2 semi trucks of CMU blocks arrived with 2 more due tomorrow. Block layers are returning to work. PNG power “Elcom” even arrived on Sunday and removed some of the power poles. Now the South East foundation of the maternity ward can be poured. We did have some issues with some power line fuses today that left some buildings in the dark but seem to have it straightened out that situation. The hydro is down at this moment with the shaft being machined and reworked from bearing wear on the shaft. Ray Comstock is here and is dealing with that situation. Him and his wife Karen will be leaving in a couple of months and are going to be greatly missed.
I took some pictures yesterday and put them together to give a panoramic view. It is a big file so I will put it on our blog on the internet under construction. www.chapmanconnection.com You can click on it to enlarge it. I am attaching one that will give you a peak of lots of guys working on site.
Well enough for this update! Thank you for your prayers all of us here appreciate it very much.
Michael Chapman
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on Jan 30th, 2008 at 4:21 am
Great updates. Thanks for keeping us posted. Good panoramic view. You ought to have a “count-the-number-of-guys-on-the-worksite” contest. I got 52. We are praying things continue to go smoothly.
on Jan 30th, 2008 at 4:35 am
Sounds encouraging Mike. We are praying, you are plugging away, and God is working.
Dave and Jan