Author: rvingwithapurpose

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

We led the team in devotion this morning and afterwards we all headed back out to Bob’s. We are really pushing to get this house completed. Today we got a lot accomplished. Anne started the day sanding and painting the area of the drywall patch required due to a roof leak. That job is now complete. Max began the day completing the steps from the back bedroom to the back yard. Sue and Virgie completed installing the quarter round trim. Dan completed the installation of the sink plumbing and Jim installed outlets in the kitchen and then installed a light fixture in the bathroom. As the day progressed, the front door trim was painted, trim was caulked and the paint was touched up, a bedroom door was hung, closet doors adjusted, baseboard installed in the kitchen, door locks installed, and drawers and cabinet doors adjusted. It was an amazing day. This team really turns out the work. We are very close to being ready to check this house off the list. Jim (construction coordinator) will be getting us a few necessary supplies and hopefully tomorrow will be the final day.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

It was another beautiful day in the Florida Keys. The water is smooth as a lake contrary to last week when winds were 25-30mph and there were small craft warnings. Yes, we are spoiled to this beautiful place.

Today was another Gumby day. Max and Anne went to Bob’s while Dan, Sue, and Jim went back to Dennis’s house, and Virgie and Sara went to Key West to have Sara’s broken arm rechecked. After lunch the team joined us at Bob’s. We are really pushing to get Bob’s house finished. We haven’t been given an absolute deadline but Jim Coffey has said ASAP. We are hoping to be complete by early next week. This morning Anne but another coat on the wall patch while Max finished installing the rest of the four inch tap cons to bring the front door up to hurricane standards. All new exterior doors have to be up to the new hurricane standards. They have to open out and the inspectors count the number of tap cons to be sure you have used enough. Then we worked on installing the new kitchen sink. When our reinforcements arrived after lunch, things really started to move. The closet shelves and rods were installed, part of the quarter round installed, part of the plumbing of the kitchen sink was completed, the concrete step was replaced at the kitchen door and new steps were begun out the back bed room door. Some of the electrical work was also begun. It was a busy afternoon. It’s amazing what gets done when we all work together. We love working with our NOMADS friends.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Gumby struck again this morning after devotion.  While the rest of the team went back to work at Dennis’s house we were sent to Bob’s house on Sugarloaf Key.  The last time we were there was January 2^nd when Max and Larry installed a new front door but had to leave it with temporary trim for lack of proper trim.  Bob’s house has moved up on the priority list.   The two main items on the punch list for today were to finish the door installation and fix the hole we left in the drywall after we found a roof leak. The drywall patch was fairly straight forward, but the door was a challenge because the new door was not the same as the door we removed and the masonry door opening was not exactly square or plumb. Anne patched the wall before lunch then spent the afternoon helping Max trim the door.  Wood had to be custom cut and installed around the door frame so we would have something to nail the trim to and most of the brick mold outside had to be modified to fit the door opening.  Very time consuming, but in the end it looks pretty good.

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Yesterday we checked out of the RV park on Grassy Key around noon and traveled back to Big Pine UMC and rejoined the NOMADS team here. We are back with some of the same team members that we worked with last week and met a two others for the first time. We enjoyed our time off immensely but are also glad to be back with the team.

Today we attended church with the team and then walked for a while enjoying the cool weather. And Dan and Virgie, our leaders for the next few weeks, brought delicious brownies and ice cream for the team meeting this evening.  They brought us up to date on what they accomplished last week at Dennis’s house and we will get pictures for you in the morning when we all go back there to work.  Looking forward to another good week of work.