ZION UMC

 We came to Ocala On March 11 to work at Zion UMC.

 It is a very welcoming church.  We are parked right behind it.

 The property across the street use to belong to the propane company and sold it to the church when they moved to a new location.

 We are going to fix up the old loading dock to make it usable for the church functions.

 The roof needs a lot of work.

 A little building on the side needs fixing up.

 On Monday we started by taking down the fence and cleaning up a little.

 Ginger and Becky removed part of the roofing.

 Ron and Larry( another Larry) started work on the roof support system. Much of the wood is rotten  and needed to be replaced, or reinforced.thereby straightening the trusses.

 Ginger and Becky got the roofing off and moved on to their next demolition job.

 Taking down this structure, but carefully so the roofing can be reused.

 Ron and Larry making a new support beam for the roof.

 Now does it fit?

 Yes.

 Larry cut off the pipes so the ladies could continue demolition.

 Joe, a member of the church, worked all morning removing the metal plates on the floor.

 Without his tools, we would have never gotten the metal off. We sure appreciated his help.

 Fran and Dottie worked on fixing up this building. First was to clean it out.

 Joe cut off the metal pipes.

 We scraped off the pealing paint.

 We cut plywood to cover the holes to make forms to pour in cement.

 We wired on the wood.

 Mixed the cement.

 And poured it into the holes.

 Now we have to fill in the top of the holes.

 Lots of new trusses put up and now to extend the roof over the entire concrete pad.

 Ginger and Becky have one lean-to demolished and on to the second. Made it a little easier by knocking it over and then removing the metal roofing.

 Larry and Ron working on the new trusses.

 Larry couldn't resist getting on a ladder and giving a hand, even with the boot on his foot.

 A lot of progress made by the end of a very hot week.

This church has blessed us with giving us lunch and dinner every day. These ladies came and took us to their house on Tuesday, since the church was a polling location. It was an evening of great food, fellowship and laughter.