Category Archives: The Shop

Our two Albertan volunteers plus our local hired carpenter and Dave are putting up the siding on The Lighthouse building this week. For this building, we are doing a rough-cut plywood with cedar battens and cedar-shake gables. We found cedar … Continue reading →

As of tomorrow, Tuesday, we will be finished with the bulk of the interior painting at the shop. On Wednesday, the carpet is going to be installed by a local carpet installer company. Thank you to those who have donated … Continue reading →

Finally, we have lights at the shop. It’s been a difficult couple of weeks, and we had a life-threatening emergency with a family member. We appreciate your prayers for us. We know the Lord is faithful. If all goes well, … Continue reading →

Now that the drywalling is finished (other than a few pieces), we have moved onto taping, mudding, and sanding – another big job. We have some volunteers coming in here in late spring, but we could sure use some help … Continue reading →

As you can see from the photos below, the shop is now insulated. To those who received our letter and are reading this blog, thank you for your prayers, calls, and e-mails.  

If you would like to help paint the inside of the shop and the upstairs apartment, we are starting priming and then painting on March 2nd. I am currently picking out colors for the walls. Once the painting is finished, … Continue reading →

The shop has passed the electrical inspection! Now, onto insulation on Monday, and drywall should start Tuesday. Thanks for praying for us. The picture below is a building I saw online several months ago that is what inspired the design … Continue reading →

Today, the electrical inspection for the rough in electric at the shop will take place. It is the only inspection that the state of Montana requires during the building process. If the inspection passes, we will begin insulation this week … Continue reading →

Today was a busy day at The Shepherd’s Place. The sheeting on the shop (the headquarters for our publishing ministry) was completed, and tomorrow they will put tar paper over that and begin shingling the roof. It was wonderful to … Continue reading →

Framing on the shop has begun. If all goes according to plans, the framing should take about 7 days, and then the roof. The shop for the publishing ministry sits about 450 feet away from the Shepherd’s lodge. You can … Continue reading →