The saw was hand made by Pintea, the gent to the left. It was well used and well loved--the blade had been sharpened so many times that it was actually oval instead of round. The breaker was also not used to such electrical demands, so Andy waited next to the fuse box and would unplug the saw when he could hear that the saw was dying.
Our prefab preparations. We made all the pieces (walls, door, & seat) and them brought them separately to the home where we installed the outhouse.
Outhouse parade!
We had a list of 30-40 families/homes that needed a outhouses. We had to prioritize the list so that we provided outhouses to the most desperate, starting with widows, moving on to families with small children. Andy commented later that we were fulfilling James 1:27 (Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.) Such excitement accompanied each outhouse that paraded up this dirt road. Cole would lead the way and the rest of us would just follow along to the next home. It was great to see an outhouse puzzle so to speak fill the road. It was like a flag proclaiming God's provision for these people.
Here the team is installing the first outhouse for Rosa who is a widow and has had no outhouse. She commented when we were installing her outhouse that it was such a great blessing. She said that she never would have had the money to build one on her own. She also has heart problems and asthma and was very grateful that others in the village helped to dig the hole for the outhouse so we could install it. It was the first outhouse that we installed.
Estera (L) and Rosa (R): two of the widows in the Romani neighborhood in Soard that recieved outhouses.
The peanut gallery that gathered as the guys installed the outhouse.
Here the guys are adding the finishing touches to Outhouse #1 at Rosa's home.
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