Our group this week was four couples from Martinsburg and New Enterprise, Pennsylvania, all newlyweds. A fifth couple was scheduled to come but got sick. Two of them had been with us in Jennings as singles last winter! So it was fun to meet them with...
The work continues on Joe’s house, as we finished painting and texturing the ceilings, replacing the crown molding and baseboards, and laying flooring in the dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and spare room. Joe is so very happy with our work so far...
We had a fairly warm week with several severe thunderstorms here in southeast Texas, but good progress was still completed on Jose’s house. In the beginning of the week Tye, Ray and Darlene finished drywall installation as Jonathan, Wilma and...
The end of this week we said good-bye to Jacob Romero and Micah Fawcett, Rosedale College trade students. Jacob and Micah were here for six weeks as part of their training. We appreciated getting to know them and sent them off with a prayer for...
We had two of our four houses ready to drywall finish with a third nearly ready at the beginning of this week. A group of men from Fisher IL joined us along with a brother and sister from Kalona IA. Three of the IL group were skilled drywall...
A talented group of 14 young men from Ohio served in Merced, CA, the week of February 10 – 14. Gerry Hughes, the brother of our Crew Leader, Ralph Hughes, from Manitoba, stayed to served his second week. Once again, we long term volunteers give...
These winter weeks are going so quickly! We are never quite sure what each week will bring, but we know for sure that it will bring a group of new volunteers that are ready and willing to get to work! This week we have short term volunteers from...
Super Bowl Sunday – In the morning, we attended Vision Outreach Church with Mary, the homeowner of the house where we had a house blessing last week. The service was very spontaneous – impromptu musical numbers and testimonies and no...
We said good-bye to Bruce, Nancy, and Dean after they have been great assets to our group for three weeks. We also said hello to Margaret and Clark, Mark and Martha, and Don and Anj. We welcomed them to our group of hard working folks. Margaret is...
