Monday was a bit chaotic for our group of nine skilled energetic young men from up-state New York, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas. But by the close of the workday on Friday, this crew had finished one house and made significant progress on two more....
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A group of men from Holmes County Ohio began their week in the mountains of Puerto Rico near Jajuya and ended the week in the city of San Juan. Wednesday was the transition day following a well-attended home dedication. All four Jajuya projects begun...
This was another week with too much rain. Rain is not conducive to putting roofs on houses. But in spite of the weather a lot was accomplished. Since one house was a new build, there was lots of inside work to be done. They finished installing the T1...
The word for this week was rain. We’re not talking once a day, as is typical for Puerto Rico, but it rained all day Sunday through Wednesday. Instead of the chickens crowing and the birds singing each morning as we woke up, we woke to the never-...
We continue to work near Jayuya, Puerto Rico. This week we have a crew of all males from the United States and Canada. What a hard-working bunch they are. Tuesday the crew split between two different job sites. They finished putting up all the...
We had a hard-working group of 16 volunteers. The week started with everyone working to finish one project and by Tuesday the group was split between two different job sites. At the first job site they finished installing roof panels, cut soffit,...
The first week of the project went very well! We had a total of 14 volunteers. Everyone worked well together. A next-door neighbor to our homeowner was kind enough to let us use his yard for building the trusses. The concrete work was ...