Home with new gate
Sam playing with Haley before the dedication service in the boys dorm
Girls' dorm room
Hallway decorated before the dedication service
Bill and neighborhood kids
Dedication service
Terri playing with kids in the playroom
Kristin, Ron, and Emmis
Pete setting up for the dedication service
Decorating the dining room for the dedication service
Painting the hallway
Painting the living room
Kitchen
Painting the kitchen
Emmis painting the boys' dorm
Painting the mural in the boys' dorm
Mural in boys' dorm
Painting the boys' dorm
Covering the wooden beams in the living room with Luann wood
Finished mural in girls' dorm
Cindy putting finishing touches on the mural
Painting the mural
Mesilla Park group painting
Mesilla Park group spreding gravel
Bill and Miguel working on the playhouse
CSC group from UNM
Party at the children's home to celebrate finishing the building and to thank Bill and the workers
Bill with the importers who helped us cross so many materials from El Paso to Juarez
Arts and crafts table for children at the party
Getting ready for party at children's home to celebrate finishing the building!
The front door
Bill in the bobcat leveling out the land
Three of the workers-- Rafael, Javier, and Arturo
Friends from Living Hope Church in ABQ who came to visit us, see the children's home, and help us paint the trim inside the children's home
Brian Mozley singing during the service at Grace Bible Church
Barbara painting trim
Putting up chain link fence
Chain link fence above cinder block wall around children's home
The electrical meter was finally installed and we now have power in the children's home!
Outside lights are installed
Bill and electricians having dinner at our house
Volunteer workers from ABQ
Dominic working on plumbing
David working on plumbing in dorm bathrooms
Dinner at "El Toro Bronco" with electricians and volunteer guys from ABQ
Electricians Randy and Jordan hard at work
Boy's dorm inside the children's home where workers and volunteers have been staying
David installing baseboard
Bill
Volunteer workers from Albuquerque with Mexican boy Juan Carlos (l to r Ken, William, and David)
Dorm bathrooms
Working lights
A finished bathroom
Installation of lights
Working on front block wall
Land behind the Children's Home. We hope to purchase that land for later expansion - possibly opening a Christian school.
February 9, 2007
Doors and trim installed
Kitchen sink and counter tops
Huge water heater for boys' and girls' bathrooms
Kristin and Emmis' bedroom (painted)
Kristin and Emmis' living quarters
Bill (construction foreman) and Emmis
Tape and mud complete! Jan 23, 2007
Rivers of Mercy Children's Home
Notice the new trim around the windows.
Installing a required electrical transformer
Tape and mud on stilts
Tape and mud
27, 000 sq. ft of sheet rock completed in 2 days!
A bedroom
The kitchen
Inside a dorm room
Bathrooms
One of the large dorm rooms for the children in the home
The living room
The main hallway
VBS at the Children's Home - January 2007
The finished bunkbeds
Constructing bunkbeds
Kristin, Sarah, and Alyse Day painting the finish coat on the interior block in the children's home
The angel telling Mary the good news
Actors in Christmas play
The crowd that came to see the Christmas play in the orphanage
Christmas play that the Day grandchildren performed at the children's home for the adults and children of the community
Jerry Day's sons are hard at work making bunkbeds
The playground under construction at the children's home
Emmis and Kristin with Jerry and Alyse Day and their sons
Emmis and Kristin with Pete Day, his wife Kristin, and their kids Hailey and Aaron
Insulation
Hanging insulation
Lumber for bunkbeds and playground
Unloading the interior doors for the children's home from the semi
Carrying the drywall into the children's home
Unloading the drywall
The crew that helped paint the exterior of the children's home and the interior block filler (Emmis, Kristin, Jessica, Nate, Amber, and Sam)
Emmis, Kristin, and Bob (the painter)
Emmis and Kristin with Dr. Clara Dominguez and her daughters (Dr. Clara will be providing the medical care for the children in the home)
Taping the windows in preparation to paint
Painting the exterior of the children's home a medium tan color
Painting the exterior of the children's home
All of the paint for the children's home, donated by Bob Cote
Unloading the paint from the semi
December 10, 2006
Scott and Chris working on plumbing
Installing the gas line
Beginning stages of the back wall behind the children's home
Front door
Chris at work on the plumbing
Scott working on the plumbing
Emmis and Kristin with the electrician team
Joey and his son working on the electrical wiring
Pete determining where to put outlets
Bath/shower unit
Ready to begin insulating!
Ceiling fans for ventilation in children's home
Long, wide hallway in children's home
December 6, 2006
Nov 15, 2006
Photo from the behind the Children's Home - Nov 6, 2006
Nov 6, 2006
Emmis inside Children's Home - Nov 6, 2006
October 26, 2006
Vacant land behind the Children's Home. We hope to purchase this land for future expansion.
Emmis & Kristin
Bill finishing concrete
Kristin, Emmis and Jessica on the children's home land.
