Today was our last day to help the people we had been led to by God, and of course we awoke with the break of dawn anxiously to finish our mission. After a quick breakfast and a group prayer we headed off to our two work sites. We had originally thought in the planning stages in June that we would be helping victims of last year’s bad flooding in this area. But it turned out that the need is so great in this area that there are many people not directly affected by the flooding that desperately need help. On our way through the town of Rupert to get to Joni’s house we passed many run-down houses and businesses, with apparently nobody able or willing to fix them up. Some may have been abandoned by their owners after the flooding, who did not have the resources to fix what had been damaged. But one gas station at a street corner had a big hole in the roof, and trees growing inside the store. I compare this to my community of southwest Butler County ...
Gary, our site supervisor, working with Donna to install cabinets Clark, the drywall sanding machine Shawn's making progress on the plumbing Finishing the walls at Joanie's Dave enjoying some personal time with his drywall mud Bob's handiwork (with help from others): new roof line and wall Elvis at work Because of Bob, Michelle now has a door to open when company comes A fully insulated and dry-walled room Peter checking for protruding screw heads Autumn and Becky during clean-up (Tiara in the background, and half of Gary) Bob takes care of finishing touches Elvis finalizing some roofline work Shawn inspecting his work on re-plumbing the house Check an earlier post to see the octopus that Shawn replaced New kitchen cabinets, paid for and installed by our team The living room is ready for painting ...
As more team members are sharing their photos with each other, here are a few more highlights from the week. Working on the flooring on Monday Greg and Kyle supervising Kelly Kyle watches Autumn, Becky, and Pete through the giant hole in the wall that Bob made At Michelle's house Pete putting the finishing touches on the roof Blue Bend recreation area Rope bridge at Blue Bend Rooftop view of a water break Kyle gave Peter a tin foil hat so the CIA couldn't read his mind Elvis and Autumn working on the wall demolition More wall demolition Pete was our official team photographer The water at Blue Bend was a bit cold for Kyle and Elvis Blue Bend Singing in the evening Elvis communing with his cell phone Team journalist and blog writer, Clark Pete and Autumn seemed to enjoy sharing a sma...
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