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....
The weekend was very busy with long-term leadership transition. This always means a grand bedding washing, room sweep-out (and usually a mop – good-bye, dust bunnies!), and a scramble to find enough clean pillows, sheets and blankets for the new...
Sunday evening our new group of 11 volunteers arrived, nine girls from New York and two from PA. We also welcomed Maynard and Mary, from close by in Maryland, and they will be helping out as crew leader and assistant cook this week. We are looking...
The week of January 27 – February 1 in Merced, California, our weekly volunteers included a group of 14 from the Denver, PA, area and a group of 4 from Ogema and Calaway, Minnesota. The PA group consisted of 10 youth accompanied by 4 men. Many...
