Mission: Demolition

Today we helped Jason tear down some old drywall. The roof of the structure leaks, and so they have to remove all the old drywall in order to repair the inside and install new drywall. This building is in old Haifa, and is over 100 years old. They're not allowed to make any modifications to the building, but they can retrofit the inside to make it modern. The actual walls, though, are made of stone and have a very beautiful pastel green. We took hammers and an ax to the walls and had our fun with it. The hard part was the heat. Yep, you guessed it, we were drenched again, all within 10 minutes.

Before

After

 This is what the room looked like when we got there. Pretty modern no? Well, this is what it looks like underneath all the drywall. You can see the original arched doorway (which is much wider than the modern wooden door.) The original windows are also much larger and arched at the top. The walls are painted green with a very intricate and beautiful floral texture. I don't know why they wouldn't keep the original inside and just renovate it. The old face definitely has more character. We also found one of the windows had been shut with the drywall, but there are still wooden shutters there that are pretty neat. You can see it in the picture below to my right.

Jason, bless his heart, called us in for coffee in his office again, and had a box of Knafeh that he had brought for us! Jason knows so much about scripture, it is crazy! Every time we have a chat, he blows our minds with something new. Tonight, we are having Filafel up in Carmel Center with his wife and children.