Thirteen volunteers from PA and IN worked on five houses this week. Work at States included doors, base board, casing and painting; at Southwood dry wall and painting; at Neace plumbing, insulation and painting; at Herald drywall; and at Joseph...
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...
It was another up and down week in Louisiana for weather. I am convinced that Mother Nature is very confused!!! I think we are just about finished at Jacob’s house. We installed counter tops, installed the kitchen sink, and built walls for...
An amazing group of 13 eleventh and twelfth graders from Ephrata Mennonite School in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, along with three chaperones, arrived Sunday afternoon. These young people exemplified the spirit of Christ while here in Crisfield. Their...
This week our mornings began with the lovely sound of hymns sung by our volunteers from Lancaster county, PA. It was a meaningful way to do our devotions as we all joined in. The crew of 11 young men and 4 women began rebuilding a home by...
Our big crew this week was from Ohio. Then there was Bryant Swiers’ cousin Tobias from Minnesota, and Steve Barth’s sister with her husband and two daughters from Pennsylvania. We had an awesome week enjoying each other, playing games, teasing,...
Work is progressing at Miss Joy’s home. We did a lot of mudding, sanding, sanding, sanding and painting this week. By the end of each day there was considerable moaning and groaning from stiff, achy arms and legs from we “older” people. ...
On Sunday evening 11 volunteers joined us for the week from several communities in northeast and southeast Ohio. It’s going to be a much cooler week here but except for the new build, most of the work will be indoors. This week at Ava’s, ladies...
Long termers this week were the same as last week with the addition of Lois and Wayne Hochstetler, Bloomington, IL coming to serve as the next project director and office manager; Paul Miller, Lancaster, PA as construction supervisor. Our weekly...