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The New Roof Before our school year began, we had a
The old roof was in shambles. Tears and
substantial amount of work done on the roof.
holes could be seen in the membrane that the tar
Workers have been tearing the old roof off, and
covered. The glue no longer sealed the seams, and
laying new roof on. The most outstanding part about
the gravel held moisture so long that moss began
our new roof being put on is that all of the money for
growing! The old roof was in desperate need of a
the project has been donated. Our conference
brand new makeover.
president, Elder Neil Billoff, sent letters to the
The entire school is not being re-roofed, the
constituency and within three to four months we
gym, for example was just redone the year before
raised 400,000 dollars. Yes, 400,000 DOLLARS
last with a metal roof. The roof above the science
DONATED to get a new roof.
room is not being redone either.
Unfortunately in the recent past we have had
The new roof we are putting on is a rubber
some mishaps with our roof leaking in a place or
membrane. First they lay down two sheets of
two. You know, just the casual waterfall in the
insulation about five inches thick each, which will
kitchen and English room when it rains, and every
hold almost six times the amount of heat than the old
now and then a ceiling tile will fall to the ground.
roof did. Then after applying the insulation the
Only minor setbacks.
workers lay a rubber membrane over the insulation.
Thanks to some generous donors the fixing
They attach the membrane to the insulation with a
of the roof has begun. It all started in May of last
special glue and Presto!! No more leaks, warmer
school year when workers began tearing off the old
winters, and a fifteen year guarantee to top it all off.
roof.
It is amazing what God can do. Our school The old roof was made of tar and it was
was donated over 400,000 dollars for our new roof
insufficiently insulated especially in this crazy location
and within the next few weeks, a brand new roof
in the world where the only places it gets colder are
over DAA. It is most definitely a miracle!!!
Alaska, Antarctica, and Greenland. The roof was nearly as bad at leaking as it was with insulating.
- Jenna Donald