Yearlong volunteers Maik Hinz from Germany and Mary Joyce Wise from NY, left at the end of the week, as well as cooks Rose Kilmer and Sarah Zimmerman from MO, and EMU student Ruach Deng from South Sudan. Katie & Jonathon Snyder from IN, will...
Family Program in South Carolina at Sakanaga. Two families, a grandmother from Idaho and her three grandchildren and the Travis family of four from Tremont Illinois served at the camp this week. Sadly, the family of 8 from Canada could not pass...
We had a volunteer crew of 15 this week. In addition to those continuing to serve, daily volunteers joined us, including Lee-Ann and Neil, Rosie and Don, and first-timer Ellery. Steve Kroeger also joined us this week. Heather’s house has been...
Volunteers on site this week included homeowner, Heather, and her son Darian. Ken, from Okotoks, Alberta, completed the siding and traveled home on Tuesday. One day volunteer joined us this week: Keith from Chase. Florence and Sheryl continued to...
Our crew included a total of 12 volunteers this week. The homeowner, Heather, and her son Darian continue to work on the build. Three day volunteers joined us this week including Randy, Lee-Ann and Neil. Lee-Ann helped in the kitchen on Wednesday,...
We have a wonderful group of volunteers, including the homeowner, Heather, and her adult son Darian. Three local day volunteers joined us this week: Randy from Chase, Paul from Sorrento, and Dan from Blind Bay. John Nikkel, traveling from MB to BC,...
Week three was a continuation of framing at Heather’s. At David and Tammy’s, we had three volunteers work on siding all week. Heather’s house now has tin on the roof. Framing is complete. The heating contractor showed up a week early and is...
Week two was fully focused on framing Heather’s house and, by Friday, all the walls were up. Rather than start trusses on Friday we started drywall at David and Tammy’s. I was trusted to take photos for the foundation inspection on Tuesday. This...
The first week of building was beyond amazing. First off, the homeowner Heather and her son Darian said they were committed to being everyday workers. Of course, this meant that they are with us at all meals and other functions. Because of their help...