This week’s weather in southeast Texas was finally warm and dry with temperatures even getting up in the 80’s! This helped the team have a very productive week at Jose’s house. One of the first items of business was for Ray and Jim to diagnose...
Imogene’s house was completed with the painting. Peggy’s house continued to have some plumbing issues with the pump which consumed time and was very challenging, still some finishing touches on that property to be done next week. Theresa’s...
We were joined for week four by some new crew leaders. One came to us from the project at Wynne and another crew leader and the assistant cook came from Ontario to join our ranks. Rounding out the week was a crew of twelve men from Manitoba and...
This week we had four people from Pennsylvania, three at very short notice. We were grateful they were able to come! One, Alvin, is an elderly construction worker who still works at least 10 hours a day! Five more volunteers came from New York, to...
The Project Leadership transitioned last weekend. We bid farewell to Larry and Karen, Jeff and Becky and Dorothy. Rex took over as Project Director and I replaced Karen as Office Manager. We also welcomed Pauline as Cook and Nevin as Crew Leader. We...
It is not often that a song has its own website, but “Night Rider’s Lament” is one of those. nightriderslament.com Michael Burton, a rancher in Arizona, wrote the song based on a true life experience. It has been recorded by artists from Garth...
This week ended with great joy – a house blessing at the Minnix home – a culmination of over 1,000 hours of service given by approximately 24 volunteers over 13 weeks. We are excited for the homeowner who is very eager to move in. The...
A group of 14 young adults from Lancaster PA joined our 13 Long Term Volunteers for a spring like week of framing houses. On Monday a crew began framing our fourth house and by Friday it was lockable. Work on the other three houses included roofing,...
Our new weekly volunteers joining us this week are a group of 9 from Wisconsin. And added to the long term team is Dick and Sharon, from Lancaster, PA. Dick will be serving as crew leader and Sharon as Assistant Cook for the month of February....