Another house dedication made for a wonderful ending to our week. Carol was a real blessing to the team, treating them to homemade lunches several times. The two new decks are her joy now. The entire team is now working on a large house in...
The weekly volunteers were: Janelle, Verna, Suetta, Matthew, Harlan, Earl, Wilson, Titus and Jason – all from Pennsylvania. This upcoming weekend will be a time of significant personnel change. The three crew leaders – Jay, Jason and Luke-...
After a refreshing weekend of activities, the 15 young people from Pennsylvania continued their second week of energetically building houses. The group at the Yadao house continued painting and detailing, They worked on the porch rail and built a...
The new leadership team took over this week, led by Project Director Doug Brake and supported by Kent Hering Office Manager, Head Cook Gabby Bomberger and Crew Leader Mike Hofer. Our team of weekly volunteers consisted of 5 men and 3 women who came...
5 young guys and 6 young girls drove to Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, from northern Iowa to work for the week of March 1 – 7 with the leadership team. Joining them was 5 members of the Muff family from Minnesota. Tobias Muff had previously...
Winter returned to Spartanburg this week, but fortunately did not impede progress! Once again, the tasks at hand were perfectly matched by the volunteer’s skills arriving this week from Goshen, IN. We welcomed Emily Ropp as Head Cook, Raymond...
This week 10 volunteers from Wisconsin brought their experience and enthusiasm to our efforts here in Elk. We made good progress that visibly changed the look inside the houses. It’s so rewarding to see the progress. Bill’s house –...
Twelve volunteers, including eight young men and four young gals, joined the leadership team in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, to work a combined 648 hours finishing up outside work at the sites. With the national average volunteer pay rate of $34.79...
It was another beautiful weather week in southeast Texas; however it was quite cold during the first half of the week. Many of us had our furnaces running overnight and heaters turned on in the Office Trailer during devotions. It did warm up...