The last week of January in Pointe-Aux-Chenes looked different than planned. Due to snowstorms in the northern states, our family from Minnesota had flights canceled. Our registered group from PA was on hold until they might feel safe to drive...
Two of our short-term volunteers arrived on Sunday afternoon. They are from New York state, but had been in California where their sons live, so the storm that stretched across the mid-west and eastern United States did not affect them. However,...
We continue to work near Jayuya, Puerto Rico. This week we have a crew of all males from the United States and Canada. What a hard-working bunch they are. Tuesday the crew split between two different job sites. They finished putting up all the...
This week was a shorter week since we did a 5 days last week. We worked at Wilke’s home and made some good progress Tues.-Thurs. Drywall is going up in the living room ceiling and walls and flooring in the bedrooms. The bathroom is getting...
We finally have a good start on all three of our house builds in Ironton, LA. We had a slow start at the beginning of January waiting for permits and the installation of the pylons for construction. A group from Pennsylvania last week was...
We enjoyed the slowdown of the Unit because of the ice. It was beautiful to take a walk to the dam and enjoy the quiet and God’s beauty. On Monday the “crew” {long termers} finished some odd jobs around the church; painting and trim work in...
Sunday, we welcomed a group of young adults from around Penn Yan, New York. Work continued on the Hayes house the rough in plumbing was completed. The electrical rough in has been completed as well and the insulation was installed. The drywall was...
This past week, we worked together with the Conroe MDS project on a new build in the Magnolia district, with volunteers on our team from Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia (Canada), and Iowa and Indiana (USA). Several of us had worked...
A very productive week in Perry. The team was split up to work on 4 houses and 2 were completed. Flooring, mudding, painting, installing a large front door, and replacing a fiberglass shower with composite stone made for a busy crew. We are...