We had a fun and energetic crew this past week from Lancaster, PA area. Lots of mudding, taping and sanding were done on all 3 repair projects that we are working on. In the evenings there were intense pickleball games with the younger men while...
Jerusalem Ridge Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, said he could write a three minute song in thirty seconds. Repetition is the key to that claim. The instrumental Jerusalem Ridge, is one of those songs, written in 1970. The song has...
New month – new people. Vernon and Mary; Jim and Linda; Darlene and Lynn and Ken and Rita headed out of Welsh; either to return directly home or to take a slower journey in order to enjoy some additional southern sun. Their shoes need to be...
March 10-16, 2024. We welcomed 10 new volunteers this week, including a couple from Virginia, and the rest from Ohio, many of whom were from Mike & Linda’s home church, including their son, daughter-in-law, and 3 grandchildren, a family of...
Our team this week consisted of 13 men and women of the Daniel Burkholder “Old Order” group from Penn Yan area, NY. We had a good mixture of male and female and all but the driver were 30 yrs old or younger. They were skilled and energetic… got...
It’s hard to believe that our March is already half over! Time is going much too quickly! The team here worked hard this week and good progress was made. Ray, Darlene, Sieg, Elenore, Dave, Ruby, and Mim completed the painting and trim at the...
This week the weather was nicer than we’ve seen while serving here in Grand Isle all these weeks. We saw warmer temps and sunshine most of the week which made accomplishing tasks much easier. Eddie’s is looking more and more like a home each...
14 men and women of the Leonard Martin Group from Pennsylvania came this week – a good mixture of male and female… ages were from 18 to 73. They were skilled and energetic and got lots of good work done. We often started breakfast early and...
The March team has gotten well acquainted and is enjoying not only working together during the day, but also socializing informally as well as through planned events. As we would expect, it’s another great group of people with the Heiseys from PA...