Thursday, September 27, 2018

Medevac - from the village to Australia! written by Jacob

The whole point of the trip was to get the roof on and gutters up so that we could catch rainwater and collect it in the tank for the missionaries. On the last day, we were working on the gutters when I stepped on a slippery spot and fell off the roof.
It was a long way down! I blacked out and couldn't move my leg. The guys were relieved when I woke up on my own. They put me on a piece of plywood and moved me under the house. They also gave a me a mosquito net which was nice.

It was a long night....waiting for the helicopter to come take me out!

...but the morning finally came and it was beautiful... and this morning was long awaited!


The sight and sound of the helicopter coming in for me was a beautiful thing!!

Ready to fly! So thankful for the doctor and nurse and pilot who flew in to take me out!

 I made it to the NTM Centre where the Clinic is located. The doctors checked me for all possible injuries and did an x-ray on my leg. Broken femur.

 After the doctors checked me over and decided I needed a medevac to Australia, they flew me by helicopter to the airport... here I am being transferred from the helicopter to the airplane.




 Heading to Australia on NTM's Kodiak with Doctor Kevin and Nurse Keri and my family! A four hour flight!



 In Australia the Ambulance met the plane to take me to the hospital.




 The night I arrived at the hospital... I couldn't eat or drink anything because they were going to do surgery on me soon. So I was only allowed to suck on a water soaked sponge.

Waiting for surgery which happened the day after I arrived.

 My family came to visit me just after surgery, which I don't even remember... I had so many drugs and I was still waking up from surgery. They put a rod, a few screws and a couple cables in my leg to hold it together while it healed.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Bush Build - Starting on the 2nd House's Posts

With the roof up, we started laying out house number 2

The village guys were experts on digging in the ground! It was incredible to watch how fast they could dig these holes and what they used. I saw one guy digging with half a coconut shell.

These posts were cut down in the jungle and then carried by people all the way here! So much work!



Things are going smoothly so far but.......

Bush Build - Building the Roof


Starting on the rafters...

The guys really caught on to the work of building and everything was put up without any problems.

Then we were ready to put the roof on!


Everyone worked together and it went great. The sun was incredibly bright and hot though once is started bouncing off the tin roofing!!

The roof is ready to catch rainwater! A huge deal in a place where your only source of water is a stream!
With some gutters and a tank, the missionaries should be able to store a few months of water under their house!


A nice break for some food and rest after a hot day in the sun!

This was the last day of my time in the bush. I was already to fly out the next day when...

installing the gutter, I stepped on a slippery spot, lost my footing and fell. This picture was take just as were were preparing to get the gutter on and I actually joked with the missionary that I was going to have to be extra careful, because it was a long way down...and it was!

Monday, September 24, 2018

Bush Build - Putting Up the Wall Frames


The people were not sure how to handle walls, but after seeing the process once, they really caught on and did an amazing job.


A tired work crew at the end of the day, but also feeling great at all we accomplished!


Next up is the roof!

We took our time getting prepared to work on the roof. We put lots of boards down to walk on in an effort to keep everyone safe.

Every so often, the village guys would bring me a koulou coconut! It doesn't get much better than that on a hot day!

Friday, September 21, 2018

Bush Build - The Floor Going Up






The floor was a huge challenge in this build. All our lumber was milled with a chainsaw so it was all a little rough. It seems like it turned out strong enough to hold a lot of people which is what matters!

At the end of the day... our floor is done!

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