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We need your help
We
are asking for help in completing Luis and Letti's home. We are in need
of building materials and plumbing and electrical supplies. We very much
need donations of funds to help purchase materials and pay for labor.
Excavation
and removal of the trash and dirt from the building site
Labor and truck rental 8600 pesos (Completed)
Backup Water Supply
The water supply will be from a 100-gallon
plastic cistern (traditionally made of adobe) called a Tinaco, which
will sit on the roof to supply a backup source of water. I already have
an electric water pump I'll give them to aid in sending the low pressure
village water supply to the Tinaco on the roof. The water in the Tinaco
will then be gravity fed to the house when the village supply is turned
off. The Tinaco and plumbing will cost around $2240 pesos ($208.00 US).
It's a lot of money by Mexican standards, but by installing the Tinaco water storage on the
roof, the children will be assured of a bath at night even when the village
supply is turned off. Luis and Letti have never owned a Tinaco.
UPDATE: Charley Craven has donated a Tinaco. Thank you, Charley!!!!
The Tinaco is made of black PVC and the
blazing sun here will warm the stored water a bit for bathing. I will
purchase and install a small propane fired water heater, but since the propane
will be a cost issue for them, I will assist them in purchasing propane
through out the year. Luis and
Letti have never owned a water heater and the idea of buying propane for
it scares them. She often cooks outside on a wood fire to save the
propane for use in her single propane burner in her kitchen on rainy
days. How spoiled we all are in comparison.
They will also need... a
small stove to replace their 20-year-old single propane burner, it's exposed
flames are dangerous when in use around the children.
UPDATE: A stove and oven has been donated by Abraham and
Haide Sanches. This is such a blessing to Letti. She has never owned
a stove with an oven. She wept when we delivered it to her new house.
A small
refrigerator is needed as their old one quit working years ago. Instead
of the bare bulbs hanging from sockets on extension cords they currently
use, we'll install four basic ceiling light fixtures through out the
house, plus
an electrical breaker, correct wiring, and grounded outlets.
UPDATE: A refrigerator has been donated by Al and Kathy
Jones.
A traditional Mexican kitchen
counter top and cabinets will be built into the structure out of cement,
with a curtain to be used as doors... all done by the builder. Later, my
wife plans to purchase, and have installed, tile for the kitchen counter top. Glory
to God! Al and Kathy Jones have purchased a new energy efficient
refrigerator for Luis and Letti. Kathy wanted the kitchen to be
"special for Letti" so in addition she and Al have donated the
tiles for the kitchen counter and floor, plus they graciously paid a
week's salary for Senor Joel and for the labor to install the tile work.
Thank you my friends!
The tile work is not only beautiful, but also will keep
moisture from seeping through the cement floors from the earth
underneath. The smooth surface of the tile will be very functional in
aiding Letti in her house work, versus mopping raw concrete floors. Her
current floors in their old house are uneven packed mud and rock. Letti has never lived in a house with tiled floors, only packed mud and
rock.
We need your help
Construction Labor Costs
Estimates of the construction labor cost for finishing the new house currently run at
30,300 pesos ($2387.61 U.S.), including the concrete and rock
walkway, plus the security walls, fencing and iron work. This labor
cost includes the contractor’s and his son’s
salaries of $2700 pesos per week for another six weeks. This work is
completed.
Below is a
partial list of items we need to finish Luis and Letti’s House:
For the roof:
• 3 - Vigas (Steel I-Beams) 6.80 meters each - $2108 pesos
each (Purchased)
• 1 - Viga 4.80 meters - $1488 pesos. (Purchased)
To build the Bovida ceilings and concrete floors to the bathroom, two bedrooms, the sidewalk, and storefront, we need the
following:
• 32 sacks of cement - $92 pesos each ($2944 pesos total) (Purchased)
• 22 sacks of Cal - $30 pesos each ($660 pesos total) (Purchased)
• One truck load of gravel - $450 pesos (Purchased)
• One truck load of rocks - $1200 pesos. (Purchased)
• Iron fencing and 2 gates to secure the house and storefront street-side and rear -
$9000
pesos. (Purchased)
• A small and efficient propane water heater - $1800 pesos installed. Needed
• One propane tank - $650 pesos (filled) plus plumbing and fittings - $470
pesos. (Purchased)
• Plumbing and faucet sets for the kitchen and bathroom - $1400 pesos
installed. (Purchased)
• Bathroom toilet and sink - $1700 pesos installed. (Purchased)
• Copper and galvanized pipe and fittings to connect the Tinaco and water heater to the house lines
that we've already installed - $980 pesos. (Purchased)
•
Plumber's salary - $1600 pesos
(Purchased)
• Ceramic tile for the bathroom floor and shower. (Purchased)
• Ceramic tile for the kitchen floor and counter top.
(Purchased)
• Ceramic tile for the bedroom floor. Needed
• Paint for the entire interior and exterior. (Interior paint is purchased)
• One exterior iron security door for the kitchen - $2400 pesos installed
(Purchased)
• One exterior iron security door for the bedroom - $2300 pesos installed
(Purchased)
• One interior door and frame for the bathroom - $900 pesos installed.
Needed
• Four ceiling lights for the kitchen, bath and two bedrooms - $1250
pesos installed. Needed
• Furniture of any type, especially two bunks beds with linens for the four
children. Mattresses have been purchased by Marlys and Judy. Bunk
beds are needed.
• Kitchen small appliances, cooking and serving ware, kitchen table and chairs. (Purchased)
•
Electrician's salary for wiring the bathroom, bedrooms, and exterior
wash area - $4600 pesos (Purchased)
Luis and Letti had very little in household furnishings, most of which
have now been taken from
them by their extended family. They’re starting over, with four children to care
for.
If
you can assist us in finishing the new house for Luis and Letti and their
four children, we would be grateful. You can donate in the following
ways;
Donate
here online through the secure
PayPal Account we've set up, or by sending
funds by postal mail to our bank through Sissy's sister in the U.S.
(address given by email upon request), or for those of you that
live near us here in Mexico, you may donate directly to us, or through
Lake Chapala Baptist Church in Riberas del Pilar, Chapala, Jalisco,
Mexico.
After
enough money has been received to complete the house we will stop accepting
funds. Not one cent or centavo donated for this project will be used for
our personal needs. Receipts (when available) and a breakdown of all expenditures
will be posted here for viewing by those that are interested. In Christ
Jesus, Barry L Brumfield
Thank
you all for your gracious help. Praise God! The house for Luis and Letti
and their children is is finished and they are now happily living in
their new home. God is so good to us all.
To
contact us by email: Mezcala@MexicanMissions.com
By
telephone here in Mexico: 01-387-761-0904
From outside Mexico: 011-52--387-761-0904
A
U.S. based cell phone number that will reach us here in Mexico
can be given on a needed basis by contacting us by email first.
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More
photos and information will be added to this web site as the work
progresses on Luis and Letti's new home.
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Other Links
to Information About Luis and Letti:
How
we met Luis and Letti
Links to
previous pages in this project
Page
One - Luis and Letti lose their home due to family problems
Page
Two - Excavating Luis and Letti's new home
Page Three - Building
Foundations for Luis and Letti's New Home
Page
Four - Building the Bovida Ceilings
Page
Five - Luis' Piñata Business
Our heartfelt gratitude to
those that have assisted us
with the Construction
of Luis and Letti's new home...
Thank
you, Lake Chapala Baptist Church for your donation used to purchase
building materials.
Thank
you, Bob and Judy Hendrick, for you donations to help build Luis and
Letti's home.
Thank
you, my dear daughter-in-law Osiris Brumfield, for your kind assistance
in translating the fine details of the construction work contracts. And
thank you Barrett and Osiris Brumfield for purchasing the bathroom
plumbing and fixtures in Luis and Letti's new house.
Thank
you, Scott Metsker for your donations to help purchase cement.
Thank you, Marlys and Judy, for your purchase of the four new twin
mattresses to be used in the bunk beds for Luis and Letti's children.
Thank you, Al and Kathy Jones for purchasing the new refrigerator,
kitchen floor and counter tile, paying the the cost of having the tile
installed, plus a weeks salary for Senor Joel. Kathy, the beautiful
quilted wall hanging you created for Letti's kitchen is such a wonderful
and personal gesture of Christian love.
We are so very grateful for your financial contribution to assist us with building Luis and Letti's new home. Luis
and Letti now have new glass windows and screens in their doors and
windows. They've never had glass in their windows before. Thank you Al
and Kathy for the cash donation toward the building of the children's
bunk beds.
Thank
you, Steve and Leigh Ann DenHartog for your donation to help build Luis
and Letti's new home.
Thank
you, Harmony Conjurske, for your donation of funds to help build Luis
and Letti's new house.
Thank
you, Abraham and Haide Sanches for your donation of the kitchen stove
and oven. Letti has never before owned a stove and oven.
Thank
you, Al and Margaret Steane for your ongoing assistance in buying and distributing
food to the poor here in Jalisco, for your purchasing and distributing
bibles and other Christian materials to the people of Jalisco, and for
your continued financial contributions to aid in building Luis and Letti's new home.
You are both such dear friends to us and truly are fulfilling the Great
Commission of Jesus.
Thank
you, Charley Craven for your donation of bricks and slate to aid in
building the new house for Luis and Letti and their children. Also thank
you, Charlie, for the Tinaco.
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