Kathy,

I'm so happy they are finally pouring the cement. I am always around when
we are having any cement work done. It's fun to watch it and think about
how God works the foundation for our lives.

I just love reading your posts about this project. It brings back memories
of when we built the house in Manchester.

Today they will finish the foundation made of cement footings and then the
blocks. I guess the old blocks didn't have wholes in them for the rebar,
but these new ones that Vernon bought have holes in them. lol. They used
the old blocks on the bottom, and the new ones on the top. Then they will
backfill with dirt, and we'll have to get a packer machine to pack it all.
This is for our front portch.

I'm not sure if they will use any gravel or not.

Keep us posted how it goes.

Lovings!
Pat Ferguson

At 07:10 AM 6/29/04, you wrote:
>Hi Guys
>Well, , It's 8:00 am. The cement truck has been here since 7:30. This is
>pretty hard work considering that after tomorrow, or soon, it will never
>be seen again. First, the men had to fill 5 gallon buckets to fill the
>actually deep corners. Now, the truck is pouring cement and the men have
>to just keep moving it along, using their shovels kind of like canoe
>paddles to push the poured cement along. Oh, we've just emptied the first
>truck and the second one has moved into position. There have to be
>spiritual lessons here about foundations and working hard for a good
>result even if you can't show it off. I'm just absorbing it all right now
>to make sense of it all later.
>Kathy
>
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