Work Day #4

After today, things are really starting to progress at both remaining worksites~ it is very exciting to see WALLS instead of studs, and to see the shapes of the rooms and the anticipation of what it will look like completed, even if we won't be the ones to fully complete either of these two sites.

Vans took off again this morning around 8:00 am to go to Bob's house (Don's crew) and to Torris' house (Randy's crew). We were fed a delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs with ham, biscuits, and bacon. Thank you Sue, Mary, and Sharon for cooking for such a large hungry bunch!

At Bob's house, we needed to finish up with the insulation and already had begun drywalling the day before. The guys set to work on the drywall, and the kids started to finish the insulation... and ran out. There were a few other needed supplies that resulted in a trip to the Bogalusa Lumberyard (only a FEW miles down the road). At Torris' house, the drywalling was progressing well on Wednesday and so they began to tape and mud along with continuing to hang drywall. The peaked ceiling will need to be done tomorrow. More supplies were needed at this site as well, so everything was picked up and distributed throughout the day. Kathy enjoyed a tour of both sites a couple times during the day as she was the gopher and chauffeur for the supplies and some of the kids as they went from one site to the other to help out. Much was accomplished again and we hope to finish up at least the first coat of mudding at Bob's house tomorrow, and maybe some sanding too.

In addition to the work on Bob's house, we were also able to get one of his three vehicles running and drove it around the yard! He was quite enthusiastic about this.

Tomorrow we anticipate sending our crew out to both sites again to get as much done as possible before coming back, packing up, and heading home sometime in the late afternoon. The weather looks great for our return trip and we are looking forward to sharing all of our stories and experiences with you when we get back.