Day after day, week after week. He worked until two weeks before he died. Just hard work he suffered a stroke. I worked with him for eight years as his assistant, so when Father died, the bishop left me here to continue the construction of the Grotto, to carry out Father Dobberstein's plan. When I started, the Grotto of Bethlehem and the Grotto of Nazareth were not built yet.
Today there are eight grottos.
He envisioned nine. The Pentecostal Experience Grotto, we're still working on that. I hope so, but you know, if I don't, somebody else will. There's another man who is being groomed to take my place. It's hard work to get on out there on a hot day when it's ninety degrees, and you start sticking rocks into cement.