We are the ‘U. S., Seven builders of 2016’ – Joe & Joann Lunders, Earl Brunberg, Bud Helmen, Linda Thueson, Mary Lee Waldman and Bob Jandeska just arriving in Martin, Slovakia. We had a great trip over without any glitches and absolutely no turbulence on our flights. It...
The Builders Group left Martin on Wednesday, Jan. 27 with Tomáš Gulán as our chauffeur of the yellow van as we headed to Krakow for a couple of days of sightseeing. Since the teachers strike is still occurring Tomáš didn’t have teaching responsibilities...
Can it really be Tuesday? It seems we just got here 3 days ago. and it’s been a week already. Today was a wrap up day and a day to have some fun. After breakfast we walked about 1K (1/2 mile) to a rink where the high school students had organized a floor hockey tournament (organized long...
We awoke to warmer temperatures (30F) but also a fresh coating of light snow. We were all moving a bit slower this morning, which is understandable with the hard labor of demolition and the hiking we did over the past couple of days. But we all were willing to do what we could to continue...
Sunday, a day of rest for us Protestants. It started out with a late breakfast at 8:30 a.m. where Dušan Haška made us omelets and a spread of bread, cheese, meats, and veggies, juice and coffee as well. Worship starts at 10 a.m., where Katka Valčová was our translator...
Today was ‘parents, students & staff’ day to work in the ‘Destruction’ Zone of the new High School Building. There were about 30 people total from all ages. A LOT of things got REMOVED and MOVED today. Scrap wood was loaded into a truck, and concrete/plaster debris...
Most of us got a good night’s sleep, after a rousing couple of games of Farkle to keep us awake till 10 pm. The day of demolition was a hard day of pulling up linoleum, parquet flooring or toting buckets of concrete debris to the window chute to the overflowing dumpster. Wood was stacked...
We started out the day with a tour of the classrooms in the ‘new’ high school building with our tour leader, Danka, the Assistant Principle. The renovation of these few classrooms is BEAUTIFUL with wide hallways and lots of natural light with bright colors. The students are, well...
After a night’s rest we were ready to start our work at the CCE on the new building. Dušan S. and Dušan were ready to give us our work orders this morning after reconnecting with Eva J, Katka F and little Terezka, too, Janka M, Natália K, and meeting Slavka Daniel who...
Leaving Roseville at 3 p.m., traveling through four airports, we arrived in Krakow at 4:45 p.m. (Krakow time) or 9:45 a.m. Central Time. Tomáš Gulán from the CCE was at the Krakow Airport awaiting our arrival with the infamous yellow Mercedes van, the same van RLC purchased...