Odessa - Week 1 Numerical Summary

• 1 suspended ceiling put in (the last one)
• 4 Water waste pipes connected and boxed in floor to ceiling
• 4 shower rooms waterproofed and filled in with 3 layers of proofing rubber/ silicon base, briquette mix , concrete scree 
• 221 large  floor tiles buttered leveled and stuck to 1 very large kitchen floor.
  • 50 bags of cement and sand carried up 3 floors, mixed in 4 buckets with 1 very large drill  and 1 mixer.
  • 1 very large mixer carried up 3 flights of fire escape (leaning over bannister - busting 1 back (rob) and scraping 1 arm (Paul)
  • 1 partition wall erected.
  • About 70 meters of floor hidden water pipes concreted in.
  • About 50 meters of wall cables hidden and filled.
  • 1 broom which worked overtime.
  • 1 wobbly ladder that got fixed several times.
  • Several drills which got recharged twice a day.
  • 3 wobbly wooden horses upon which went 8 wobbly planks to make 1 almost firm  platform scaffold.
  • About 735 biscuits consumed.
  • Approx 76 bottles Of fizz (Coke, Pepsi sprite fanta) consumed
  • Approx 441 mugs of chai / coffee
  • 4 chapters of Philippians pondered
  • 1 Wedding attended.
  • 5 bouquets of flowers presented 
  • 1 large family to return to see sometime
  • Several thousand screws dropped then screwed.
  • Over 400 meters of large metal work constructed (plus smaller metal work )
  • X=how many hours we slept (where x = not enough).
  • Numerous attempts at Andy trying to communicate in Russian (some successful.)
  • 15 novels worth of translation by Sasha
  • 1 major injury (Sasha the builder with 8 major stitches and 3 trips to doctor)
  • 12 happy Ukrainians who came bowling with us.
  • 1 large transition house looking more and more like a home.
  • 5 dusty dormitories.
  • 1 brilliant bunch of lads.
  • 1 very early start to enable journey home.
  • 6 sleeps each on journey home.
  • 1 team being prayed for as they fly past us and join the 3 superheroes sticking at it for another week.
  • 1 very kind gracious and wonderfully generous God.
  • 2 more trips planned for Gwersyllt and Woodgreen to get ready for.