The Walls Come Tumbling Down

Today started off with a bang! The crew got immediately to work with more demolition around 7:45 AM and after about 15 minutes managed to break the "mean machine." You wonder how one could break such a mammoth monster: break a hydraulic line that controls the bottom chomping-teeth of the bucket.

Demolition was on hold for the next several hours while they waited for a part. When the repair man arrived with the wrong part they decided to improvise so that work could continue. Around 2:00 PM demolition went into high gear with the entire school eagerly awaiting some destruction. The two early childhood classrooms were laid to rubble in about an hour and a half. The old sanctuary (a-frame) is schedule for demolition tomorrow morning.

I suppose a few words are in order as I reflect on these two old buildings. I certainly didn't cry to see them destroyed but they have been very important in the life of my children. These classrooms have served our youngest children for the last several years. While the buildings have certainly been lacking what has been going on inside these walls was not.

You cannot judge a book by its cover, the old saying goes. That has certainly been the case with these classrooms and nursery rooms. For years we have made do with less than adequate buildings while faithful and loving care and nurturing development of children has taken place. Those who labored inside these walls are to be commended for their labor of love and their constant hope for a better tomorrow. Tomorrow is now here and the future is bright and glorious.