The real work commences5 Jan 09 The blessing is complete now and the the team gets to work installing the rebar columns and hand pouring the concrete into the footingspklongball (0 votes)
Blessing preparations5 Jan 09 Blessing Man had one of the crew place some wooden sticks in specific locations in this rebar ready hole. These sticks have some magical effect on the house build and should make everything perfect.pklongball (0 votes)
Blessing Day5 Jan 09 This is a view from the scene when I arrived at 8 am and see the team at work getting ready and Blessin Man is hard at work setting up his "work" on the far right.pklongball (0 votes)
Teamwork5 Jan 09 The team continues to preparepklongball (0 votes)
"The Pour" team5 Jan 09 Here we have some of the team getting things ready for the hand poring of the footing concretepklongball (0 votes)
1st Column raisingGet ready to lift? Lift!pklongball (0 votes)
1st Column Raising5 Jan 09 Well the "Day" has come and we are lifting the first column into place. Blessin Man is making prayers and we are all yelling and chanting.pklongball (0 votes)
The Crew5 Jan 09 A view of the crew getting things ready for the first pourpklongball (0 votes)
Blessing Man in action5 Jan 09 He the "man". Praying early to get things rollingpklongball (0 votes)
Blessing Man assistantThis nice lady was the second to Blessing man and did a lot of the grunt work for himpklongball (0 votes)
Food for the Blessing5 Jan 09 When I arrived at 8Am today I found this table of goodies set up and ready o be blessed.pklongball (0 votes)