Work continues with Don’s house in Steinhatchee with drywall, painting and flooring. We are awaiting the new cabinets to arrive. Carmichle’s home has had challenges removing drywall and drywall glue from the studs and putting up new drywall. Her...
This week in Selma, we were joined by a group of 7 volunteers from Diller Mennonite Church in southern Pennsylvania, led by Joanne Halteman. The weather in Selma was fall-like with cool mornings and warm, mostly sunny days. Early in the week, at the...
We begin as a new group of long-term volunteers and are learning to know each other and are finding our way in our varied roles. Joetta Schlabach, Grand Marais, MI; Cindy and Dan Steiner, Goshen, IN; Naomi and Joe Byler, Salisbury, PA; Leo and Mim...
We started the week with 8 volunteers from Ohio. 5 men and 3 women came with happy spirits and a willingness to do whatever was needed. The weather was chilly, cloudy and there was a lot of strong wind adding to the chill factor. The wind was...
A group of 13 from Pennsylvania joined us here at the Port Charlotte base. And 4 volunteers from Canada were housed in the satellite site in Fort Myers. The satellite location enabled them to spend less time on the road and more time at the job site...
We welcomed a great group of men and women from PA this week. The weather each day got warmer and warmer, and it was sunny all week long, so that led us to working mostly on outside jobs. At Ms. Fanta’s, flooring was put down in her kitchen and...
On Sunday evening we welcomed 10 volunteers from PA, six women and four men, along with another gentleman from Maryland. They arrived on a beautiful sunny day and it looks like the week ahead will be filled with sunshine and warmer temperatures...
This week is a bittersweet week – over half of our group is leaving this weekend with our volunteer service at Newton TX ending. Vernon and Mary, Tom and Lori, Lynn and Darlene, and Ed and Ruth will be saying good-bye. We have made new...
Charles E. Moody was a gospel songwriter and musician from Gordon County, Georgia. He was a member of a 1920s string band, Georgia Yellow Hammers, and wrote over 100 gospel songs. Two of his more popular songs are “Drifting Too Far From the...