“When y’all first came [to my house] I had no heat, no ceiling, only a small space heater, I was putting shower curtains on the ceiling to try and keep the heat from going out.” Pam Parker came to our dinner tonight and wanted to thank us from...
Our work in Paradise continued this week with the same leadership volunteers: Dave and Patti Hughes as Project Director and Office Manager, Leon Martin as Construction Supervisor and his wife, Marlene as Cook. Alice Wolfgang was our second cook and...
Laurie Lewis grew up in the Bay Area of California and became a fan of folk and bluegrass music at an early age. The California music scene was much more open than in Nashville, so she was exposed to a wide spectrum of folk, bluegrass and pop music...
The weather was a little more wintry this week with rain, sleet and frosty temperatures, but still much got done on our projects. We are thankful for indoor work on days like this. Fourteen men and women from Pennsylvania joined us and as usual,...
1. How many volunteers were at the project site this week? Where did they come from? For the week of January 30 – February 3, our weekly volunteers were a group of old order Mennonite young people – 6 males and 6 females from the...
We had a very foggy week on Grand Isle! For three days the fog never lifted all day. It looked like we were living in a blizzard, but a warm blizzard. ? Work continued on Miss Hayle’s home in spite of the drizzly fog. Siding is progressing...
Greetings from finally sunny SW Lousiania!! We had quite a bit of rain again last week, but have had a couple of sunny days before the next round of rain. It gets pretty muddy down here!! This week we put up the lights and fans at Kenisha’...
Cleo Koop is back, with a group of 24 “oldies” (but goodies) from Kansas. We had a busy week taking care of everyone, but as usual, the work progressed to our satisfaction. Three of Cleo’s crew work in a newly-established MDS cabinet shop back...
The weather was a little more wintry this week with rain, sleet and frosty temperatures, but still much got done on our projects. We are thankful for indoor work on days like this. Fourteen men and women from Pennsylvania joined us and as usual,...