All members and volunteers available were included in the work week.

The many different projects that were completed this week are documented in the photos below. The photos are snap shots of each project taken throughout the work days. Most don’t represent the completed tasks.

Along with working hard on Divine Truth Production tasks and joining us for many of the outdoor activities, Jesus and Mary designed and supervised the God’s Way activities for the week. All we had to do was follow the instructions they had given us. Thank you Jesus and Mary for doing all the hard work. Eloisa directed and supervised work during most tasks. Catherine was taking the photos.

Cleaning the Eco Tents

Equipment ready for cleaning the eco tents

One of the eco tents

Eloisa getting ready to lead the group

Elo moving things inside the tent

Jules and Kate cleaning

Repairing Cabling

Wayne and Corny were digging up, or rather trying to find, the telephone cable that had been mended some time ago by technicians from the telecommunication company. These repairs had not been done correctly.

Unfortunately, so far much of the work God’s Way Ltd is undertaking on the properties purchased by the organisation is repairing the mistakes or problems in workmanship of previous owners. Much time has been taken up in fixing these problems before other works can commence. God’s Way Ltd takes the approach of always installing quality work and fixing problems from the bottom up (not just on a superficial level). This ensures that structures and creations owned by the organisation have longevity, and while fixing things and completing tasks thoroughly may take some time to begin with, in the long term time is saved. This approach is in harmony with God’s Principles of Economy and Function.

Wayne digging to find the cable

The broken cable

The damaged cable will be joined and placed in this box so any future repairs can be easily done

The cable is found!

David (Cornelius) digging towards the house to lay the cable

Environmental Projects

Volunteers completed holes for tree planting that were begun during the Volunteer Selection Project.

There have been many comments that all the photos are of bottoms!

Digging holes for tree planting

Mary enjoying some hard work

Cleaning tools at the end of the day

The completed holes covered with woodchip

Measures were taken to prevent erosion of the steep bank near the tree planting holes.

Jesus & Mary spread coconut fibre matting across the bank

Coconut fibre (coir) matting

Volunteers spread the coconut fibre mat

Using wooden pegs to secure the mat in place

The bank covered with coconut fibre matting

Woodchip to cover the coconut fibre mat on the bank was brought in loads by the tip truck

Loading the tip truck with woodchip

The bank will be seeded with native seeds collected nearby

Volunteers layer mulch over the coconut fibre matting on the bank

House Renovations

Nicky puts on personal protective equipment

Corny instructing Nicky how to insert insulation into the walls of the caretaker’s residence

Corny supervises Nicky

Corny cutting corrugated sheets which will be used to clad the caretaker’s house

Corrugated sheet cladding in place

Production Equipment

As part of the God’s Way Production Team training, Tristan was in the Divine Truth studio all week unloading boxes of equipment, cataloguing each item and then returning the boxes to storage.

Tristan checks the contents of boxes before returning them to storage in the studio

Tristan is documenting the contents of boxes of equipment

A beautifully clean desk after Tris’ work organising equipment!

Cleaning

Rahni cleans chairs in the office

Kate cleaning in the office

Arvarna sweeps the outdoor area around the office

Team Development Activities

Room setup for a meeting to be held at the hostel

Volunteers and members arriving for a team meeting

Jesus speaking to the directors, members and volunteers

At the end of the meeting we all went to Jules’ place for a shared meal

The dessert

Terrace Project

On the weekend of the 25th and 26th, terracing on the hill of the Function Center has been undertaken. Banks created on the terraces which will hold water when it rains. This has been done by a professional dozer driver using a bulldozer owned by Catherine Spence. Catherine has kindly given God’s Way unlimited use of her bulldozer and excavator.

Ryan, who is driving the dozer is doing the work in exchange for the cattle yards that were on the Function Centre Caretaker’s property when it was purchased.

Both the dozer and the excavator are shown in use using the different attachments needed to complete the work.

The excavator is using the ripper to break up rock that is too hard for the tines on the dozer. Dust from the work becomes thicker and thicker as the day goes on. In the end you hardly see but it as you become so use to it

Instructions given for the day

Levelling is carried out during the whole time

The ripper has been taken off and the bucket is now used to move earth to where needed

The rock has now been broken up and levelling commenced

Each time the equipment is being changed the are windows are cleaned and the grease nipples greased

Eloisa uses a level to measure the depth of the terrace

After all the levelling out has been completed, the dozer commences ripping so that rain water will collect in the rip holes

Using the drone to take photos over the terraced site

There are many Wattles regenerating nearby

Catherine Spence
Director

Mary Magdalene (Mary Luck)
Managing Director
Information Sharing Auditor & Editor

Mary is mentoring God’s Way Ltd members in how to write and present information. She spends many hours reading and editing the posts that are published on God’s Way Ltd’s website to ensure they are a truthful, accurate representation of what is happening in the organisation.