Teamwork

JULY 12, 2006




OCTOBER 25, 2006


In three and a half short, but extremely busy, months we have come this far. And only by God's goodness! It's beneficial to take time to reflect on where you've come from, but it is also important to keep moving forward. We have a long way to go yet! We will get there!

Teamwork! Why a title like this? I have seen some incredible displays of people working alongside other people in the last number of weeks and days. I know not all do it because of faith in a Higher Being, but as a believer in this Higher Being, it's cool to watch from a different perspective!

The Siding Fellows and the Bricklayers had to co-ordinate their spaces around the building for the last number of weeks. (We have siding AND brick all the way around!) When the tradesmen pulled onto the site a number of weeks ago to set up I could see some potential clashes! Oh no! Time to pray! Even though we haven't been there the whole time to watch how things played out, no one walked off the job!! Then to add to the mix we built a sidewalk all the way across the front of the building that had to be poured then stayed off of! Teamwork.

Two fellows have been doing the siding. One stays up on the scaffolding with the nailer calling out measurements and the other fellow cuts and passes up the pieces of siding. They've worked that way the whole time! And it seems to work well. Teamwork.

The full-time bricklayer on site hurt his back a few days ago moving the mortar mixer thingy. Now the crew's been down to the owner (he did our own house many years ago!) and a young apprentice/laborer. I knew the full time fellow had little patience at first for this young guy just helping out. It's been amazing though now to see Jim (owner) working quietly with this young fellow teaching and instructing him with a much kinder and gentler tone than the absent injuried bricklayer! Teamwork.

Last night while Peter and I were stripping the sidewalk forms, the concrete fellow and his crew were working inside the building prepping the slab. The owner, Kevin, had his wife there as well working with the crew of guys hauling in long lengths of re-bar. What a trooper she is! His business will go places with such a cheery supportive wife! What teamwork!

It's good to see the growth of the building, but also the relationships between workers and tradesmen! There is a bigger picture here than just the ones you see at the beginning of this posting!