Extreme Home Makeover Miriam Center REVEAL aka FINISHED

The end of August we started a HUGE project of renovating the Miriam Center which involved repainting, tiling, installing an inverter, and fans. 

Phase 1- REPAINTING

Repainting the entire inside of the Miriam Center and the courtyard area. The Miriam Center has not been painted in a longtime and was in need a makeover.  I decided that It was logical to repaint before we tiled. We did not have funding for this so after some prayer I decided to fund this project with the help of my faithful supporters. It has ended up costing triple what I expected but so worth it! We decided to get good oil based paint from PAP and used bright, vibrant colors. It is so much more cheery around her :-) I never realized how BIG the Miriam Center was till you try to start painting the entire thing! We had so many who pitched in and helped with the painting. It truly brought us all together! For pictures during the painting process check out my blog at http://autumnsreflections.blogspot.com/2013/09/extreme-makeover-miriam-center-edition.html

Phase 2- INVERTER

Getting an inverter, hooking it up, running new wires to each room so that when we do not have power we can run lights and fans throughout the Miriam Center was the next big project. We have purchased fans from PAP for each room to have 3-4 fans to help increase airflow inside the Miriam Center. Many of our children have seizures which are increased with the heat. Our hope is that the fans will help decrease seizure activity in the hottest months, increase amount of sleep/quality of sleep the kids get and just provide overall increase comfort. An extra blessing is the fans came with lights attached for little night lights for the kids. The inverter is also HUGE in being able to run the oxygen machine when children are sick and need to be on oxygen throughout the night when there is not power. A HUGE thank you to Justin Clark (a fellow missionary) who rewired the Miriam Center, hooked up the inverter, installed the fans, etc.

Phase 3- TILING

Tiling the entire Miriam Center that is not tiled already (which is the majority). This has been a dream of mine for years. Tile will increase sanitation so much. It will make it easier to keep the floors bleached and clean especially after accidents which happen multiple times a day, It will also decrease sores on the children’s knees/legs while crawling, and overall be a HUGE asset to the Miriam Center.  God provided in huge ways financially as we prayed over and moved forward with this project.

THE BIG REVEAL...

PATIO

 CLASSROOM

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KITCHEN

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HALLWAY

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 SENSORY ROOM and SEVERE/PROFOUND PRESCHOOL

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 BIRDCAGE

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LITTLE GUYS BEDROOM

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NURSES STATION

BATHING AREA

The Staff, The Children and Myself are beyond excited about our new RENOVATED HOME!!!! THANK YOU to each of you who donated towards this HUGE project! The paint has brightened up the Miriam Home, The tile has already started helping to increase sanitation & make crawling easier on the kids knees AND the inverter has already helped 4-5 kids who needed oxygen, provided power during mealtimes and morning/evening bathing, and powered the fans during super hot days/nights.