Building Homes for Those in Need

Tom Hackett, the founder of our ministry (Alternative Missions), has been working on building homes for people here in Cofradia and mostly in Honduras the past few years through his ministry called, Dwellings.

We have been working on preparations for three homes to be built: one in Cofradia, one in Santa Fe, and one in Arrayanes.  Three families will soon be blessed with a dry and descent place to live.

Here are pictures of some of the preparations…

MAKING BRICKS

Martin and Lauro mixing

Martin then puts the mixture in the block making machine.

They both press down with all they've got.

Martin carefully takes the block out.

Then places it on the ground to set.

The next morning they stack the bricks.  These are all of the bricks for the house in Santa Fe.

THE COFRADIA HOUSE'S LAND

To the left you see the footings already dug in preparation for the floor.
To the right you see the septic hole where the bathroom will be placed.
Work has stabled a bit due to the rain; as you can see, there is water in the hole.

Once the house is finished, this picture will be facing the front.

SANTA FE HOUSE'S LAND

The footings are getting prepared for the floor to be poured.

This is the bathroom septic that has been built already.

To the left you see the bathroom.
To the right you see the existing house that will be in the back of the new house.
If you look closely, you can see the footings and where the house will be.
The big tree will come down and that will be the front of there house.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUILDING A HOUSE FOR SOMEONE IN NEED, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT TOM HACKETT AT THE DWELLINGS WEBSITE.

A finished home looks like this…