With the walls for the additional classroom and indoor bathroom complete

the roof was next

The building here in the foreground will be cleared to make way 

for machinery that will be needed on the back portion 

of the property in order to build Stephen's home.

This portion of the Naomi & Stephen's homes project

began on October 6th with the tear down of old storage buildings

and one month later on November 6th the roof of the new building was completed.

Friday, November 6th, the trees on the property of Stephen's home were transplanted by Sasha, in the blue shirt, and Joe and Jen, specialist, more importantly friends and a blessing from the Lord at the perfect time. The new garden/orchard area will become a joy for the home.

This past month of October has been busy at the site where Stephen's home will be built. Sasha and two crews have been working hard to prepare for building by clearing the older storage buildings as well as moving the entry way into the church, as the church sits at the very front of the property. The need for this preparation is to, in the future, provide building machinery access to the back portion of the property. Up until now it's been just a simple garden gate into the back orchard.

GARDEN GATE

Sasha's crews are trying to get done as much as possible before winter comes. The rains have given them a bit of a set back, but they're doing all they can to get the exterior walls and roof completed. The interior work can be completed through the coming winter.

This is the foundation for the new, indoor, handicapped accessible bathroom and classroom space for the kids at church.

The foundation now with walls on it.

At the front of the church, the new entry way is being constructed.

The foundation for the ramp and stairs is in place.

A large old tree has to be removed to allow for this expansion, 

so in time we'll have to replace it with another.

In April we began the process to establish the Ukrainian nonprofit charitable organization called PROMISE. From the 17th of April through mid August I was working with Sasha, our lawyer and a couple of wonderful ladies who are dear friends who helped me translate the whole legal document into English so I could understand it. We spent many hours with the lawyer, who is a brother in Christ, going through every page to make sure it stated what we wanted for PROMISE and for the future of these homes. My pastor and Sasha, the founders of the organization, submitted the document for the official registration process at the end of the summer. It is Ukrainian in its format and set up so that the homes will be under the care of this charity will be blessed by the care of PROMISE. Our board of directors, board of advisers, and auditors are a mix of Ukrainians and Americans; Sasha is the charity director, project manager for the building of the homes and pastor. He's great! So is God!

Over the past few months we have been working hard to prepare for the building of the two homes that will become the future homes for many of the teens who have been moved from the Tsyurupinsk orphanage. They now reside in institutions in the Kherson region but long to be together again. A major reason for establishing Naomi and Stephen's home. 

The property for Stephen's home has been donate by the church in Darivka, so we will begin by building this home first. The division of the property has taken place. This document shows the division line behind the church property for the two parcels of land. The registration of the land for Stephen's home is now officially under PROMISE, the Ukrainian, non-profit charitable organization just established to provide for the long term care and provision of these homes and those living in them.