Coming Home

This is our last day of work in Port Arthur and , I must say, the past three weeks has gone by very fast. I'm always amazed at how much we grow to love the people we work with and for in such a short period of time. It is always such a blessing to work on a project like this. We are so grateful to God for giving us the time and the ability to do this type of work.

We are starting out for home tomorrow am and hope to be home late Sun. pm or Mon. am, depending on the weather. We hope we don't find any slippery roads to travel on as we head North.

I'm sending two pictures along of Doug & I working so you can see that we just don't sit in the sun. By the way, there isn't a whole lot of sun today and the temps are only in the 60's. Kind of cool for here with just a few sprinkles. I think we have to get used to cold weather again and some snow but it will be good to be home again. See you soon. Blessings to you all! Doug & Mary

Last Nail Ceremony

Hello everyone! I've spent a couple of frustrating days trying to get on the wireless from our trailer and I finally brought everything in to the main office and, of course, I got on right away.

Last Thursday we had a Last nail ceremony at Miss Jane Moore's house. Our group painted the inside and put the siding on the outside. The previous group did the wallboard and the mudding. She was very happy with her home and her daughter was going to sleep in her room that night even if she didn't have a bed yet. She said she wasn't going to spend one more night in the Fema trailer. I'm sending a picture of her house and of the wreath that was hung on the last nail pounded on her wall by our Contruction Supervisor. I can't include a picture of Miss Jane because I didn't get a release form signed but at least you can see a little of what we celebrate at a Last Nail.

Our last week is well on the way and I will try to put one more entry on the blog before we leave Port Arthur. I understand that you have snow and ice predicted for tonight. That doesn't sound good! It was a little cooler here today- only in the high 70's and knid of cloudy. We're supposed to have rain and cool for the weekend. I hope you get rid of the snow before we drive home. Love, Doug & Mary

One work week done

This has been a busy week! I have been working in the kitchen cooking up a storm, which is something I have never done on a worksite before. Doug has been working on Miss Jane's house all week. He has been putting up the vinyl siding. It's looking real nice. The inside is almost done too. We're planning to have a last nail ceremony there on Thursday. The weather was cool when we got here last week but has been beautiful the last few days. It's in the high 70's today with lots of sun. That's even worth the tired bones at the end of the day. The pictures along with this are of the three houses that our group worked on this week. Take care everyone and I'll write more later. Love, Doug & Mary