DIOCESE OF AITAPE CHURCH BUILDING PROGRAM
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News report No. 20 November 2003 Diocese of Aitape P O Box 179 Aitape Sandaun Province Papua New Guinea Ph +675 8572046 fax +675 8572056 |
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Introduction: Welcome to the eleventh report for 2003. This is the twentieth report in the Church Building program for the month of November 2003. Progress throughout 2002 established agreements with all of the sub parishes, and saw work started at Amu, and plans in progress for the other nine buildings to be built. This year we collected gravel for Arop1, Arop2, and Pou and began work at Arop1, and Pou. At Amu this month, we started work on the concrete floor, at Arop1 the work on preparing and lifting up the frames has started, and at Pou the foundations have started and the walkabout saw is continuing its work.
Photo 1 Amu church: start of the concrete floor. This photo shows the Amu church with the first concrete slab poured. The roof was completed at the start of this month.
Photo 2 and 3 Transport of Materials to Arop and Pou:
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The road between Aitape and the Yalingi has become so bad now it is one series of potholes after another. To transport materials to start the Pou foundations and the Arop1 frames, we hired two trucks from W&R Parer and the tractor from the Diocese of Aitape. It was a very long trip hauling both trucks through a series of mud holes and flooded portions of the road.
Photo 4 and 5 Work on the Pou church:
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Photo4shows the recently completed tool shed in the background, behind the start of the foundations for the Pou church. Photo5shows the timber cutting operation in the Pou bush nearby. The timbe is cut, stacked, and ready for moving to the church site. |
Photo 6 lifting frames at the Arop1 Church:
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Photo6The work for the Arop church frames started as soon as the trucks delivered the steel posts. In photo 6, we see the car parked ready for the final stages of lifting the third frame into position. As was done at Amu last month, the frames are assembled on the ground, and the holes drilled in the rafters to fit the steel posts and rafters is then manually lifted to an incline of about 20 degrees. Ropes are then attached from the top of the posts to the car. The car reverses back and swings the frame up into position. The frames are then manually lifted onto the holding down bolts, and the other rafters lifted into position and bolted. |
A report and costing was prepared for local government for the proposed Arop2 road. A visit to Barupu was made to start work on the drains to dry out the land designated for the church.