Project Completed, Ready for Christmas

Saturday, December 18, 2021

As we mentioned in our last post, we returned to Laurel, MS on Sunday, December 12. On our arrival we were met by our team leaders Kevin and Suzan. It was great to get to work with them again. We last saw them in North Fort Myers last January. The entire team was so kind and welcoming on our return. We knew they had been praying for us and we certainly felt their love on our return. Thanks team!!

Monday of course we began with devotion and then we headed to a house the team began while we were gone. Miss Daisy’s mobile home and addition had roof damage from the tornado which then allowed water to damage the interior ceiling and exterior wall in the back room. The team began last week on the demo work taking out a portion of the wall and the ceiling, and began the rebuild. This week we completed the installation of the paneling, a little electrical work, insulation and ceiling drywall. Also all the trim – windows, crown and base – had to be installed. And we also painted the ceiling and the exterior except for the metal. I think you can tell from the pictures that we made big improvements, most importantly there are no more leaks. Wednesday afternoon we had the Bible presentation for Miss Daisy and said our tearful goodbyes. She is such a sweet lady. Anne and some great conversation with Miss Daisy and her sister who decided she needed to be the ladder holder for Anne.

Our battery powered trim nailer saw a lot of use on this project.

The team replaced this temporary support …

Max told the team leader he was willing to do any job – as long as it didn’t involve ladders or painting.

Thursday was a fun day from start to finish. It began with a surprise birthday party for our construction supervisor, Robby. We really enjoyed working with him again and were pleased to share in his celebration including doughnuts and pigs-in-blankets. We also continued demolition on a house that NOMADS will be rebuilding in the spring. It’s fun to end the week with some good demo work. Thursday evening the team shared pizza and white elephant Christmas gifts in our meeting room at the church and then packed up. We all gathered for pray and goodbyes Friday morning as we all went our separate ways. It was a great week with a lot accomplished for our homeowners but also good for us.

Paige explaining the flexible “rules” of the White Elephant gift game.

We were blessed to be a part of this team

Friday we drove to Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL where we will spend the next two weeks celebrating Christmas – hopefully.

Out our window when we got set up at Gulf State Park. Actually, even though the forecast was for a rainy weekend, it has been very nice so far.

2 thoughts on “Project Completed, Ready for Christmas”

I love Anne’s overalls!

Max your orders about the ladder didn’t work out too well. I promised the boys I would not do ladders or climbing again more than 10 years ago unless they were holding it.

I have another campground in south Alabama y’all need to try out. Open Pond in the Conecuh National Forest is only 10 miles from the Florida state line. With the Senior Pass the electric/water sites are only $12 per night. Tent sites/non electric sites are only $4 per night. The tent loop stays pretty close to capacity, but the rest is pretty easy to get in. Weekends sometimes fill up. I think that depends on school holidays. It’s on a beautiful natural lake south of Andalusia. It’s a good size campground, but not huge. I love camping there in November and March. I’ve made three trips and still have plenty to explore.

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