In a damp, hot environment everything breaks down quickly versus the cold dark environment of Alaska were things stay the same year after year. I've noted ladies who sweep certain streets every morning rain or shine and the malls are swept and cleaned every day.
The Area, MTC, Temple compound is continually being updated. Who does this work?
Over the months I've gotten to know Joen (Joe-N) who works on a lot of the upkeep and replacement work that goes on here.
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| Shoveling special sand to mix in cement for the facade of the MTC |
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| Joen doesn't speak very much English but we communicate anyway |
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| Most of his work is up high on thin boards replacing the rocks pressed into cement for the unique look of the MTC |
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| Note the red and white "blocks". They use different colors of rocks in the cement to give it that look |
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| After all the cement and color was washed away, Joen repainted all the short walls underneath to be white again and then repainted the caution on the steps |
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| He worked for two days on this all by hand |
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| 2nd day with the black paint - I could not understand why the brushes and paint were left out in the hot sun - there is probably something I don't know |
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| It seems he has all kinds of jobs that he does around here |
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| Joen - I wish I knew more about him |
There were about 4 or 5 other men who work with Joen, he just was a friendly guy who would smile back and stop for a picture. I have a few pictures of the other men who work with him. I don't think he is the boss, but who knows?
After watching him and his buddies, I started looking at the environment in a different way and saw the mold that grows in 2 days where the water drips and how everything gets a coat of either grit or mold as soon as the project is done. Building look new and being built or they look aged. It is very hard to tell the ages of most building because of the grit or mold that settles on them.
It is nice to have men like Joen who do the heavy lifting of upkeep.
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