Sewing and Basketball

Well my mom arrived on Monday. She and a lady named Carrie(and her daughter Kaitlyn)are here to install 4 new treadle sewing machines. The electricity is hit an miss with more miss than hit. The REALLY old ones have been working for a long time but just can't do stitches the new ones can. So we were up till 11:00 assembling everything. Now they have gone out to the first of two sites to set up the machines with the full time missionary Arlene. To say the people are excited to get these new machines is a HUGE understatement. Pictures of these in action will come in the following days.

Lowell, Nate and I were up and working by 7am toady. We finished resurfacing the last third of an outdoor basketball court. A special concoction of silica, cement, latex and water was mixed and squeegeed on like peanut butter. After drying it will be cleaned and prepped for two coats of paint. Then it will be taped and lines painted.


This is from left to right Lowell, Nate and I


Nate is inspecting the sealant that was sprayed on first. It needed to dry before applying the cement mixture.


I had the messy job of measuring and mixing the concoction. There is a type of mixing thingy on the end of a rod driven by a drill. NICE!


Lowell and Nate used the squeegees to apply the material. The plan is to paint the first coat tomorrow.