Construction Mission

December, 1998

A school made of palm fronds, needed a building for school and church.	Dells Lumber donated the lumber and we shipped it to Thiotte on a sea container. The wood was stored at a house in the town and when we arrived then carried up piece by piece about 1/4 mile up the mountain.
The tin for the roof was purchased in Haiti and stored at the same man's house and carried up piece by piece.	We had sent money to buy cement, so the walls were completed when we arrived and ready for the roof. Mike Hess was our foreman and Yvan Jean was the Haitian equivalent.
The Trusses were assembled quickly with so many hands.	Then with ropes, each truss was pulled up into into place and set.
The finished project chapel/school.	THANK YOU John VanWie and Dells Lumber, Wisconsin Dells, WI