June 1st

What an amazing day!

Before lunch we were all outside working and it looked like it was going to be another day like many others before where we'd had the morning to work, but after lunch was just going to be a downpour. As the storm from the west came, it crossed over on the other side of the river to the north & we watched a funnel cloud as it was forming and rain just pouring into the neighbouring valley. What we all realised very quickly was that the funnel of the tornado was actually on the ground and quite large, we'd just been watching the upper portion of it as it reached the upper clouds. Prayerful as no one was effected directly in the path of the tornado, it was amazing to watch from about 10 miles distance. The entire storm seemed to surrounded us, but not a single rain drop fell and we were once again able to work through the whole day.

action at the top of the pit, cement mixing, waiting for buckets to refill with mortar

action in the pit, Sasha and Vladamire setting their scaffold a bit higher

though it doesn't begin to compare with this height in scaffolding - 

an interesting image, glad not to be in the air like that

Doing backfill by hand around the tank walls as they go up, 

lots of shovels full of red dirt. The wall is just about the height it needs to be, one more days work, then it will be complete.

the foundation of the house just about set

The last trench dug out for the front foundation wall of the kitchen, 

the last to be set in place.

Looking over to the front of the kitchen wall trench 

from the far side of the basement, standing on the ceiling of it.