Underpinning

"I probably shouldn’t admit this, but watching the new construction has become one of my favorite things to do. The constant movement of the workers as each step builds on the other is just fascinating. For the last week Joyner has been preparing the ground to pour the foundation on Monday. As I’ve been watching the preparations I had been struck by how much work goes into the foundation of any thing that you want to be strong. The base is now covered with steel bars, held up with small pieces so the bars will be in the middle of the foundation giving our building great strength. I’m sure there are technical terms, but for me they are the underpinnings of our future. It’s a powerful reminder that all of our foundations in life need underpinnings, faith, love, prayer, family, and friends. We want to be sure we don’t build on sand (even though there’s a lot of it here in Florida) we want our foundations to be underpinned with things that will stand the storm and the test of time." - Karen Slevin, Catholic Charities COO