Our week five volunteers were a group of 14 men and women from the Goshen, Indiana area. It was also transition week and we were joined by the new construction supervisor from Manitoba on Wednesday, and by the next project director and office manager...
Our group this week was four couples from Martinsburg and New Enterprise, Pennsylvania, all newlyweds. A fifth couple was scheduled to come but got sick. Two of them had been with us in Jennings as singles last winter! So it was fun to meet them with...
This is the week when we observe Valentine’s Day, so it is appropriate that there was a morning devotion and a song that each highlight the importance of the heart in everything that you choose to do in life. Tuesday, the driver for the team of...
The work continues on Joe’s house, as we finished painting and texturing the ceilings, replacing the crown molding and baseboards, and laying flooring in the dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and spare room. Joe is so very happy with our work so far...
This week was a transition week for everyone at the project as we moved from Arecibo back to the Techos headquarters in San Juan, and an OM transition midweek. The volunteers this week were from Canada, USA, and Germany. (If I make the a broad...
We had a fairly warm week with several severe thunderstorms here in southeast Texas, but good progress was still completed on Jose’s house. In the beginning of the week Tye, Ray and Darlene finished drywall installation as Jonathan, Wilma and...
The end of this week we said good-bye to Jacob Romero and Micah Fawcett, Rosedale College trade students. Jacob and Micah were here for six weeks as part of their training. We appreciated getting to know them and sent them off with a prayer for...
We had two of our four houses ready to drywall finish with a third nearly ready at the beginning of this week. A group of men from Fisher IL joined us along with a brother and sister from Kalona IA. Three of the IL group were skilled drywall...
A talented group of 14 young men from Ohio served in Merced, CA, the week of February 10 – 14. Gerry Hughes, the brother of our Crew Leader, Ralph Hughes, from Manitoba, stayed to served his second week. Once again, we long term volunteers give...
