Sixteen volunteers joined the existing crew leaders led by Project Director Don Lichti in Spartanburg this week. The majority of the group was a multiage contingent from Walnut Creek Mennonite Church in Ohio. In addition, from Harrisonburg VA, Marg...
This week we welcomed crew leader and cook combos, Ed & Marlene Martin and Jim & Ruthi Gochnauer. We had a productive week with a group of 12 from Diller Mennonite Church in PA and a couple from Mishawaka, IN. The week began with demolition...
What a fun week in Spartanburg! Laura Pribble came to help Emily Ropp in the kitchen and Don Lichti arrived to overlap a few days with the current Project Director. Tim Sweigart stepped up to fill some big shoes as Construction Supervisor and rose to...
Winter returned to Spartanburg this week, but fortunately did not impede progress! Once again, the tasks at hand were perfectly matched by the volunteer’s skills arriving this week from Goshen, IN. We welcomed Emily Ropp as Head Cook, Raymond...
Progress is happening in balmy Spartanburg! God provided exactly the skills we needed from our crew of 15 volunteers from Canada this week to accomplish the next-at-hand tasks! Ray (CL) and Mim Heisey (PC) joined us as well to help this week. ...
On Sunday we welcomed nine ladies from upstate NY/OH, and five men from Ontario CANADA. We also welcomed Ric & Joy (cooks for the week), and Ken & Suetta (construction supervisor). Unfortunately, both the cooks and construction...
Our week began driving our FWD trucks and trailers on unplowed, snow packed roads to the three house sites. We received 6-8 inches of snow on Saturday and the area is quite unprepared for snow of any amount! We were very grateful that our two...
We enjoyed the slowdown of the Unit because of the ice. It was beautiful to take a walk to the dam and enjoy the quiet and God’s beauty. On Monday the “crew” {long termers} finished some odd jobs around the church; painting and trim work in...
This week the group was from Lancaster Co., PA. Jon set up a painting studio in the gym beside the Unit. The women painted all the trim, doors and cement boards for Mr. Lindsey and Ms. Phillips. Jon made some drying racks that were able to hold a...
