I’m in Estonia for a few days, catching up on the work at Sunbeam. We’ve had some great time with people; it feels good to be here.
Today we had a meeting of the board members and hired a bookkeeper. Workers continue the renovation of the rooms and offices. The local church is quite involved, and it’s great to see the sense of community among all involved.
We expect to pour the floor next week. Today we purchased the tubing for the in-floor hydronic heating system. Andres is doing a great job overseeing the work. It’s great that he’s here to manage the project.
Here are a few pictures, with some ‘before’ pictures for reference:
The kitchen before:
And today!
One of the main rooms before:
And today:
The old floor was pulled out, sand and new plumbing have been laid down (see above), next comes a vapor barrier and insulation (see below). After that, they’ll put in rebar and the heating system and pour concrete on top of all that. It will be very nice when it’s all done.
Offices are also being renovated, and we’re talking with other ministries that are interested in renting rooms. I think we’ll work out a deal with the Salvation Army; they want to use a few rooms for their meetings and ministry. We hope that rental income will cover the cost keeping the building.
As Sunbeam grows, we hope to use the entire building, but for now we have some free space on the second floor (we don’t have an elevator yet anyway, so we can’t use the second floor for helping the disabled children).
You can also see that Artur was interviewed for a TV show today:
