The Building Continues

  Last week we were blessed to have a team of electricians and plumbers from First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, GA come to Cusco to work on the clinic. They were able to accomplish so much in one week. They finished the framing, started the sheetrocking, and completed the rough plumbing and electrical work. Not only did they greatly bless us with their work, but they were a real joy to be around. We greatly enjoyed having them here.

  Nathan continues to spend most of his time at the clinic helping with the construction. He even ran his own sheetrocking crew on Monday. Now I am not only married to an ophthalmologist, but a builder as well. I think that he has decided that he is a bit better at ophthalmology, and will be happy to do this job when the clinic is finished. There are constantly patients in the clinic who are asking what the new construction is going to be, and they are very excited when they hear that it will be ophthalmology. It seems that everyone has a problem with their eyes!

Here are a few pictures of the progress:

Framing of the pre-operative/post-operative area. The existing family medicine clinic is in the background

We now have electricity!

Wiring going in

Sheetrocked hallway

Sheetrocking crew working on the waiting room

Plumbing being installed

Break time at the entrance of the clinic 

The roof is almost completed

Sidewalk and retaining wall in front of the clinic