Pictures of Transition House

The exterior of the Grace Church Transition House on June 16, 2008. The exterior plaster must still be put on and the front of the house/steps finished. Work now begins on the interior walls, ceilings and floors. Pastor Igor Bandura and John Proctor are seen in the picture. The Transition House is being built for the children who are living in the Grace Baptist Children's Shelter. On becoming 18 they must leave the Shelter located next to the church, but have no safe place to go. This building will house older children for another three years to allow them to learn to become self-sufficient. The rooms are being built as efficiency apartments for 2 to 3 persons, with a common dining room, house parents quarters and space for meetings, conferences and visiting youth groups.

This is a picture of the interior construction of the Transition House. The limestone blocks will be covered with plaster and a railing will be placed along the stairways. These blocks were recycled from the old buildings torn down at the Black Sea Camp, put onto trucks and hauled into Fontanka for this project. The core of the building (basement and three upper floors) are made from this material.