A Visit to the Durban Temple Site

On Saturday John, Brenda, Vi, Glenn and I took a Winter drive to 

the Durban Temple Construction site.

In the protected wetland area adjoining the Temple Izinga Estate 

has landscaped a path with a few benches along it.  

We walked to the one closest to the road and paused for a photo.

You can see the Temple in the background.

The final concrete wall sections of the first floor will be poured this week.

All the rebar framework is in place.

In the Missionary Housing which you can just see to the right

of the fork in the tree next to Glenn (the dark brown horizontal piece)

the first floor slab was poured this week.

There is lots of deep plumbing on the site -

stormwater and other services systems.

I am amazed at the intricate planning, preparation and implementation

that goes on every week.

Electricians come and go as their work needs to be done.

Tender packages are prepared and sent out to various craftsmen.

The art-glass for this Temple is one of the ones going out now.

All activity is 'orchestrated' by the Ernesto, the Construction Manager.

I marvel at his usually quiet, behind-the-scenes expertise.

At significant moments he will briskly stride to one facility or another,

pause, watch, maybe have a few or a lot of words,

and then go off again to his office, or the plans office,

or Steve, the Contract Manager's office, or Sean, the Safety Officers office.  

I feel blessed and blessed to be able to be here and see and do

and learn and learn day by day, week by week.

I love writing the history.

Eight months before the end of the project a history committee 

will be formed to compile the overall history.

I hope that my contribution will be useful to them.

Glenn compiles detailed and complex technical reports every two weeks.

His reports will also be a resource.

I think that eight months will be another learning curve!

Enjoy your week.

This week Alan, the Africa Temples Project Manager, will be in Ghana I think,

Our LDS Durban Temple site overseer, Anton, will be in Nairobi to 

do some work delegated by Alan there.

Glenn and I will be on the Lord's errand here.

Together, each doing our little bit to lift where we are,

  we accomplish miracles in building the Lord's Kingdom!

Do what needs doing, by you, where you are!