The house we were working on would be getting fresh paint, replacing of any rotten boards, all the windows were replaced and a storm door put on the back door.
Last year when we participated in this it was held the first week of July. It was soooo hot! The organizers moved it to June thinking that it would be as hot. WRONG! Not their fault though. It's not usually that hot the first of June but we had a dry spring and the heat arrived about a month ahead of schedule.
It was forecast to be over 100 degrees every day with heat indexes higher. Our church began praying for a shift in the atmosphere!
It was still hot but it didn't get as hot as what was predicted!
As you can see there was still some scraping to do! This is the front of the house.
The back of the house. We tried to work as much as we could in the shade.
Doyle assessing what to do next.
Our site Captain had to tend to his own business on the last day and Doyle was asked to be honorary site captain. This picture is of all the site captains. The man and woman in the middle are Rose and Brandon Jordan the backbone of Mission Mineral Wells. They do all the work in organizing, getting donations, advertising. They are awesome people 😊.
Painting the trim.
Doyle and Steve Fleenor putting on the storm door.
Ta-da! Doesn't it look so different?!
The home owner was out of town during most of the work but came home just as we were finishing up. Her delight and thankfulness was worth all the heat and tiredness.
I didn't work all 4 days but Doyle did and he had the wrist bands to prove it!
I'm not likely to ever go on an international mission trip. This local mission is one way I can be a part.
Have a good one!
Wow! You all did an amazing and wonderful job painting that house. It looks awesome! Love the trim. I bet the owner was very happy and thankful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandy! The owner did come back before we left and we actually saw her reaction. She was beyond thrilled and grateful.
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