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Monchin shows Francis and Richard Seivert the cross he is making
for the dedication.
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Richard Seivert holds one of the arches onto which one of the
plaques will be welded.
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Jaido cuts one of the pipes that will be bent into an arch.
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Monchin and Carolyn Bickford bend the pipe
into an arch.
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Jaido taps a metal plate into a curved shape
that will form the cap of the large pipes on the cross. |
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Francis Seivert helps to measure the height
of the cross - 7 ft. |
| Richard Seivert watches as Jaido sands the
edges of the pipe until they are smooth. |
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Jaido continues to sand the edges of the
pipes forming the cross. |
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Monchin displays the paper diagram of the
plaques being used on the cross. |
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The workers hold one of the plaques into
place prior to its being welded onto the arch. The plaque reads:
Through water, He gives life to all. |
| Richard Seivert and Jaido hand sand the
capped edges. |
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Jaido sands the capped edges smooth. |
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Richard Seivert finishes the sanding around
the welded areas. |
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Richard and Francis Seivert agree to the
water project dedication with one of the village leaders in El
Junco. |
| The water tanks that now hold clean water for
the villagers of El Junco. |
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Angel and Sr. Fatima look at the site for the
dedication cross in El Junco. |
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Richard Seivert starts the digging for the
placement of the cross. |
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Francis Seivert makes his first dig for the
hole that will hold the cross. |
| Onlookers watch as the work progresses. |
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Jaido, a local villager, and Juan Ramon carry
the cross to its site in El Junco. |
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Richard Seivert continues digging the hole
for the cross. |
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A young man from El Junco helps with the
work. |
| Sr. Fatima begins mixing the cement that will
hold the cross in place. |
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Julio helps with the digging. |
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Richard Seivert mixes cement by hand. |
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Francis Seivert points out the plaque with
his sister's photo that is welded to the top-right arch on the
cross. |
| The villagers of El Junco admire the cross at
the dedication ceremony. |
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Richard and Francis Seivert watch as the work
progresses. |
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Richard Seivert checks the depth of the hole
that Jaido continues to dig. |
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Jaido and a villager of El Junco work on the
cement mixing. |
| The children gather rocks to help with the
positioning of the cross. |
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Richard Seivert helps to place the
cross into its final position. |
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Francis Seivert directs the positioning of
the cross. |
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Francis Seivert and a villager carry wet
cement up the hill to pour into the hole around the cross. |
| Jaido holds the cross in place
while the villagers continue to pour rocks and cement into place
around it. |
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Francis Seivert puts the finishing touches
into the base. |
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Richard and Francis Seivert pose with the
cross, dedicated in their sister Mary Ellen Seivert Kellen's
name. Mary Ellen was tragically killed in January 2009. |
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Monchin, grandson Philipe, Juan Ramon, and
Jaido pose with the cross they built for the dedication of El
Junco's water project. |
| Richard Seivert watches a village leader put
the finishing touches on the cross's positioning. |
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Some of the villagers of El Junco pose with
the cross after it was put into place. |
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Sr. Fatima, a village leader of
El Junco, and Richard Seivert lead the prayer service
during the dedication ceremony. |
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The cross for El Junco's water project,
dedicated in Mary Ellen Kellen Seivert's name, stands just below
the Catholic church in the village and will be easily seen by
all travelers. |
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