The Bunker is part secure storage unit, part childish dream of creating an underground structure, part nostalgia for Taiwanese concrete buildings, part bomb shelter (not really) and (at this stage in the game) part done. At the beginning of the summer, the statement “Since we’re going to move overseas, we should build a storage unit at Selah to keep our gear in” seemed innocent enough. It wasn’t until later, after the storage unit began to take shape, that it started getting referred to as “The Bunker.”
The plan seemed straight forward - find a hill of the right size and with the right access, dig part of it out, create drainage, build a concrete structure in the hole and then back-fill some of dirt around and on top of the structure - leaving a roll-up door exposed for access.
OK, so I just realized we never posted anything about this past rockin’ summer! Wow - for starters, it was a whirlwind and went past faster than we could have expected.
Summer is pretty much here, so I figured a quick post was in order. We are here in Taiwan for two more weeks and then back to the states. We plan to be there for about a month and half, pretty much based out of “Selah” - the place we have in Oregon. We’re going to try to finish the chapel
as well as build a concrete storage unit that will be covered mostly by a hill (at least, that is the idea). If any of you are still wondering what on earth to do with all of your vacation days this summer, you’re welcome to drop by and help cob, or dig, or build forms, or something :-).
We have tons of fun, and if you really want to, you can drive the tractor.
Other activities include playing in the mud, relaxing in the hammok and other forms of relaxing or tiring work - your choice :-).
OK, so we decided on the name for the Oregon land - “Selah” “Selah” means a rest or a stopping place after a tulmultuous period in life.The land is kind of like that - away from the business of modern life and into an environment where there is time and grace to reflect, pray and create community.
