Monday, March 25, 2013

Branch Construction and fun with International Volunteers

Over the past couple of months we've enjoyed working with the International Volunteers and International Kingdom Hall Construction Groups. The IV couples came from Bermuda, Illinois, Colorado and Vermont. The KHG brothers are from the various islands in Micronesia and one brother from Georgia (Matt Scibetta). The Guam Branch had a couple of construction projects and so the IV's & KHG's were requested to help complete these projects.

Hanging out at one of the IV's apartments

Relaxing after a hard days work






Roof project getting started



We invited all of the IV's and another couple (Zak & Naomi) that just move to Guam from Chuuk to our place. Dana (from Colorado) made homemade pizza that was mighty tasty.

Sierra (Bermuda), Hannah (Vermont), Dana (on phone...Colorado), Naomi (Japan & Chuuk)
Dana enjoying her artwork....the pizza was yummy
























Naomi & Zak...just moved from Chuuk
The weather has been wonderful so we dined on the 3rd floor terrace so that we could enjoy the weather. The terrace was a perfect location for this gathering.

Jordan (Vermont), Spencer (Colorado), Jerry & Jenny (Illinois)

Bermuda hanging out on the terrace (Sierra & Louie)


Wilson's, May's (Colorado), Debeck's (Chuuk), Allen's (Vermont), Gosselin's (Bermuda), Vaughan's (Illinois)

When the IV's came they only came with their luggage. So they've had to borrow cars/trucks for transportation. So how do you get 8 people into a basic truck. See below!  :)




All 4 of the sisters are in the cab and the 4 brothers are sitting in basic chairs in the bed of the truck










KHG brothers pouring a new sidewalk



Hannah cleaning up the debri on the roof

Brent (commuter to Bethel) is grinding the roof surface to prepare for the new membrane

Russel pretending to be a landscaper


Russel supervising no one....but enjoying the view from the roof :)

Stefany putting on her safety harness before using the grinding machine on the roof

Stefany in action 


Photo op for Jenny & Sierra....the views of the ocean from this roof are pretty nice

Brent & Stefany setup this scaffolding and it was definitely needed

Just Dance

Ok..... it can't be all work and no play. It was time for some dancing...."Just Dance" style. It was a combination of dancing and video game. Had a few friends over and we danced, burned calories and laughed harder than ever before.

Stefany and Russel scoring major points

Couples challenge (Dot & Darwin...Russel and Stefany)




Jojo and Tom having a dance off


The newest boy band





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