As is always on any MDS project, our last week at McAllen TX RV is bittersweet. We are so happy to have given, through Christ, so many people a completed house to live in and in turn the gift of hope, but so sad to be leaving all the wonderful people...
It is hard to believe that our time here is almost done. This week the crew really accomplished a lot. We are still working in #17 the Stumpy Lane house, refinishing the addition of 2 bedrooms, the bathroom and repairing the kitchen. We have...
What a busy week we had! Finishing the #16 Malibu Dr. house this week was quite exciting. Martha, Les, Cecile, Ev and Trish worked there installing baseboards and blinds and doing the final cleaning. The homeowner has 4 children who were...
We had another very productive week with our new volunteers. It still has been hotter than usual here in southeast Texas, so the locals tell us, as the temperatures were in the 90’s all week. The volunteers have been taking a lot of water breaks...
We had a very productive week down here in HOT southern Texas! First of all, because the temperatures were in the 90’s we had the AC Company come out and install the air conditioner units (mini-splits) in #15 Citation Dr., the house we finished...
Monday morning, Fred and Lynn drove to LaPosada in San Benito to pick up cabinets for the four houses in Edinburg. These cabinets were made in the Kansas MDS cabinet shop and delivered last week to South Texas. On Tuesday, Lynn and Peter began...
We welcomed three couples this past weekend, as they joined our RV group – Peter and Loretta from NY; Mark and Martha from PA; and, Everett and Bev from MI. They each had some delays due to weather conditions, but arrived safely and ready to...
House Blessing – the culmination of many volunteers working together preparing a house to become a home! Our group of RVers witnessed the joy, excitement and some shock which was expressed by the husband/father of this home. He still has a hard...
Most of our group has continued work on the #14-Jam Square house – we are seeing the completion of the project coming into view. Installation of the flooring is completed; painting is done except for touching up; the porch railings are complete;...
