Jacob's Projects Galore

 

We are still enjoying Jacob's handiwork, my Christmas present, our kitchen counter! A new steel prototype made with materials in available in PNG. Jacob's hope is to that it will be a more rugged option for missionaries compared to current countertops that are available right now.

A new lamp for our guesthouse living room.... Jacob took three broken lamps and made it into one!

Jacob built his violin and now enjoys playing with guests or for guests after dinner. And in his spare time he is building another one!

Jacob and Naomi installed new slides!

And a missionary donated a couple of tires to add to the playground creativity. 

This oven was used at Interface for many years! I personally used it at Interface for 12 years before Interface was closed down and moved elsewhere. Now the oven is not used often but much needed for large events like conference or when the Junior or Senior class cook to raise money. The fan stopped working so Jacob took it all apart to figure out how to fix it. And he has fixed this oven a few times at Interface.

 

He cleaned it all up and now it is ready for the new parts when they arrive. We are so thankful that the company sent over the parts with only a charge for shipping!!

Jacob is also working on the gutter system at the guesthouse. There are a few rotten boards and many places have leaks.

Planning out a pool replacement project for NTM's Port Moresby Center... Story told by Jacob...

This huge storm drain backs up and causes the Port Moresby Center to flood every now and then.

Planning proper drainage and prevention of floods was also high on the priority list as I 

worked in Port Moresby.

We decided it was best to build a solid foundation out of cinder blocks for the pool .

It was fun to teach some PNG guys how to lay cinder block and build walls.

The days got pretty hot. When the sun hit the tin fencing being inside can felt like an oven. Its ok if you are in a pool, but not if you are building a foundation!

But this didn't phase any of the guys. They were excited to learn and try out new skills.

In the end, we hopefully made a flood proof solid structure that will last many years.

Just a few final touches and we were ready for an above ground pool.

Jezekiel was the other missionary with me on this job. He has been in PNG most of his life. His knowledge of the culture, language, along with his people skills and technical knowledge made a difficult job look easy!

His technical skills with a BBQ are part of his amazing people skills if you didn't already figure that out.

I got a nice message when I got back from Moresby.

But my plane flight was delayed coming home since the country almost ran out of gas! Jonathan was disappointed.

But eventually the government figured out the fuel problem and I came home the next day on an airplane that didn't have any fuel issues. (at least I didn't notice any problems.)

We didn't have time to button up the project completely so a few weeks later the Centre manager tidied up the mess we left and made it look really good.

So far my foundation has already stood up to one huge flood with no problems.

There was also a small fire that Jacob was able to put out in the workshop before any major damage was done. The table saw got a little overheated....