{"id":1430,"date":"2012-07-28T15:39:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T20:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2012-07-28T15:39:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T20:39:42","slug":"what-keeps-ron-busy-mentoring-young-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=1430","title":{"rendered":"What Keeps Ron Busy:  Mentoring Young Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now for another story on what keeps Ron busily happy in his ministry at Rain Forest International School (RFIS) as Director of Technical Services.\u00a0 Sixth story: mentoring young men.<\/p>\n<p>This summer some parents of Ron&#8217;s Industrial Arts students have asked if he would work with their sons &#8211; teaching them valuable life\u00a0skills while they help him with jobs around the RFIS campus.\u00a0 One of the projects they worked on was a stairway between the soccer field and the\u00a0pavillion.\u00a0 Last summer one of the young men at RFIS got it started with a &#8220;rough draft&#8221; of cement blocks.\u00a0 This summer, the guys made it more permanent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1431\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1431\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting the &quot;rough draft&quot; stairway ready to cement in permanently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ron and the guys mix up cement.\u00a0 Do you know the recipe?\u00a0 The guys learned how much gravel, sand and cement to mix up &#8212; and worked at figuring out how much water to add.\u00a0 Mixing with a shovel is not as easy as it may seem.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1432\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1432\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-1-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-1.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron and the guys mix concrete manually<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then they put the mixed concrete into the bucket for transport to the stairway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1433\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-2-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-2-300x242.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-2.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then dump the concrete into the stairway frame.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1434\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1434\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-3-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-3-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-3.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">dump and scrape and go back for more<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even one of the teachers got in on the project.\u00a0 Thanks to Ellen for her help in so many ways around RFIS\u00a0after school ended and before she left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1435\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1435\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-4-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-4-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-4.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">spread it and smooth it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ben has been going to work with Ron too, learning new skills.\u00a0 He and his friend Andre have been building a new foot\u00a0bridge to span a small revine on the perimeter.\u00a0 Once it&#8217;s done one can walk (or jog) all the way around the school wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1436\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1436\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-5-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-5-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2012\/07\/2012-07-mentor-5.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben works the chainsaw, while Ron and the watch dog supervise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ron is honored to have this input into the lives of young men.\u00a0 Pray that they not only learn skills but 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