Second week in Jordan, MN

In the second week at Jordan, MN, we continued with some work not yet completed.

Barb begins second coat of finish paint in the coat rack area.

Bev begins the painting of the bathrooms in a restroom in the original building and

Ruth Ann does the same in the other original bathroom.

Stel paints the lower portion of the stairway leading the the original basement.

Coleen, Celia, Bev and Jodi resume staining the wood trim and baseboards,

and applying polyurethene to the stained pieces.

Wow, we finally get a picture of Jodi with the sanding of the trim.

Celia and Barb discuss what to do with all this lumber which is stacked on the pews in the santuary.

This is what they have worked on for two weeks.  Although the congregation has been attending services at another UMC, there is a scheduled wedding here this weekend, so this wood cannot stay here.  We'll figure that out later.

In the meantime, Mike and Steve are working to install the framework for the suspended ceilings.

Jack and Roger are trying to find the center to begin installing  fasteners for the ceiling grid supports.

Roger and Dave are busy installing the gridwork and

Stel and Ruth Ann also got involved in attaching the support system.

Jack and Steve working in another room to install the ceiling gridwork.

This is the result of all that gridwork in the main room of the new building.

The electricians and  heating contractor worked hard late into the evening to install light fixtures and heating work so that our folks could begin installing ceiling panels in the perimeter grids.  Dave, Roger and Steve are tackling this aspect.

Barb couldn't resist helping install the gridwork for ceilings in another room,

and Steve and Jack continue that process.

This is the end product of this weeks work.

This one is for Budsie and only he will understand it's implication.

It's late in the week and we have to get some things straightened up for that wedding so Jack is reinstalling the trim that we removed the first week to fix the floor between buildings and to paint those original bathrooms.

The ceramic tile finally arrived so Mike, Stel and Ruth Ann moved into the new bathroom area to begin installing tile on the walls.

The first row is the hardest and most time consuming for planning but here we go.

Ruth Ann was assigned to figure out how to mix the "thinset" so she gets out the directions.

The church loaned us  a tile saw and Mike and Ruth Ann are giving it a try after adjustments.

Everyone is cutting the tile as needed keep this moving.  Stel tries her hand and

so does Ruth Ann.

Lots of pipes in these bathrooms so Stel is cutting holes in the tile.

Mike and Ruth Ann team up to try to get more done with the limited time we have.

At the end of the week, we've made a good start on the walls here and

here but based on all those pipes, this is not going to go too fast.

Remember that wedding?  Here several people including Dave  and Ruth Ann chip in to move that trim from the sanctuary.

Steve assisting as well as all those ladies that put the finish on them.

Bev cleaning up drop cloths.  Looks pretty good in the end.

These two very special people are Pastor Larry and his wife Vickie from this church.   (He's the one with the Leprechaun shirt.)  This wonderful couple has made dinner for all of us every work night so that we didn't have to cook or run out to a restaurant when we were tired.  Cannot express how blessed we have  been by their service to this project.

The week has gone by too quickly at times.  We want to get so much more accomplished but it will wait 'til next week.  See you then.

Mission to Lydia Zion UMC, Jordan, Minnesota

We arrived at Lydia Zion UMC in Jordan, Minnesota on Saturday, 8/6/16.  We are here to help the church with the construction of the addition to their church.

This is the original entry of the church sanctuary

Same original structure from another view.

This is the new addition and a portion of the new parking lot.

Our NOMADS rigs surround the parking lot here...

and here.  Six rigs in all with 12 workers.

This is the inside of the new structure as it looked when we arrived.

One of the offices in the new structure.

The vestibule.

Painting is among the first tasks but we have to figure out what goes where.  Here are Bev, Celia, Barb and Roger working with the designer to figure it out.

Meantime, Stel is marking where the studs are so that we know where the suspended ceiling goes after the painting is done

Bev and Jodi help mark the floor so that baseboards can be attached later.

Mike running the scissor scaffold.  He gets to use all the fun tools!

Mike painting the vestibule ceiling.  Now this part is not so much fun.

Ruth Ann painting the lower part of the vestibule.

Roger using an old time scaffold (step ladder) to paint the upper wall.

Celia painting walls with Ruth Ann in tag-team.

Steve trying his hand at painting with a sprayer.

Coleen painting walls

Bev doing the "cutting in".

Roger gave up on the ladder and is painting with a very long pole.

Jack has been doing all kinds of "odd" jobs as leader of the project and we finally caught up with him patching the wall after the plumber fixed a leak.

Dave is working on the old section of the building which is the access for the new addition.  When they tore out walls to make access, it left uneven flooring.  He is tearing out some of the old flooring to make ready for new subfloor.

Stel joined in to help with the "knee" work.

And now, Dave and Stel install the new subfloor.

Teamwork is a must.  Stel holds and Dave glues.

Dave is constructing a temporary fake floor over this stairway so we can use a ladder to paint the upper walls.

Jack assists with the engineering of this stair cover.

That Dave really gets under his work.

Barb can't resist helping build the stair cover.

And now, Stel is able to paint above the stairs.

How's come Stel got this part of the job?

Now Ruth Ann gets to use the stair cover to paint the celing.

Stel & Ruth Ann team up to complete this section of painting.

Dave and Roger are setting up the miter saw to prepare to cut metal framing for the suspended ceiling.

Mike,  Dave and Jack planning the layout of the suspended ceiling in the bathrooms.  Really dark back here.

Jack and team installing the ceiling grid.

Barb and Celia are preparing to make a work area to begin staining the wood trim.

Coleen and Jodi make a great team with the staining.

No one gets Jodi's picture so she creates a "selfie".

Stel and Ruth Ann are adding leveling compount to the edge of the new subfloor where it connects with the new addition in preparation for later installing of carpet.

At the other end, Ruth Ann removes carpet tack strip so we can fill in that transition.

At the end of the work week, the church threw a potluck dinner for the NOMADS and we were able to use the new meeting room that we had painted all week.

The place looks really different after only 4 days of painting.

It was exciting for the church members to see their new space.

A good crowd, wonderful food and fellowship.  Time to wrap up the week and rest up for the next.