Monday morning we started working on Cynthia McAllister’s home. She had just purchased the home 3 years ago and had no idea she was living in a flood area. She did not have flood insurance and had spent all she had to purchase the home. This left...
We were joined by Fred Hershey, Huntsville AL, for three days and Heidi Martin, PA, for the week. Fred focused on building five bunk rooms in the Fellowship Hall. Heidi focused on the shower trailer which now is sparkling clean. Once again, the focus...
The team welcomed our new Project Director Don as well as head cook and assistant cook Val and Lynn. The team also welcomed the first groups of weekly volunteers. Orientation, however, was lengthy due to the newly required paperwork adding 45...
The week began with news of the impending hurricane Milton. Milton with its dire forecast would be descending upon the Port Charlotte area midweek. The entire volunteer team became increasingly concerned for the safety of all peoples in the...
David and Connie Goertzen arrived to serve as cooks this last week. Richard and Marjorie Heatwole headed back to Virginia. We were also delighted to have Jack Tillotson’s wife, Anna, join us as assistant cook. The year-long volunteers completed the...
Sunday evening, three delightful ladies from Manitoba as well as a hard-working young gentleman from Minnesota, joined our team. Including our six year-long volunteers and long-termers, we have a total of 18 volunteers this week. Work is progressing...
The end of last week, we welcomed six year-long volunteers: Jonathan & Katie Snyder from Indiana, Adam Blough from New York, Maik Hinz from Germany, Lucinda Shirk from New York and Mary Joyce Wise from New York. These young people are committed...
With the MDS projects nearing completion, our meeting table is shrinking in size. We welcomed seven individuals from B.C. and a couple from Alberta this week for a total group size of 17 this week. The deck, stairs and railing surrounding Mary’s...
We had an unsteady start to the week when one of our four pillars (the meaningful work one) developed a crack. We were told by the long-term recovery committee to withdraw from one of our work sites due to a law enforcement action that resulted in...