Today with sadness we see the last of our twenty volunteers from Washington state leave. The group, sponsored by Olympia Presbytery, have been hard workers, but as importantly, tremendous spiritual refreshers for the Village. We appreciated some wonderful evening devotions culminating with Communion last Thursday night. Fellowship with staff and the Wisconsin team was very enjoyable.
This group was split into two groups for the week's work. About half led by Pastor Steve(1st hat from the left) worked on Joan's house. They painted, hung doors, layed vinyl tile, cleaned, patched, and generally brought this house along. The other half or so, led by Mike (2nd hat on the right)finished drywall on Ken's house. Mike was most gratious in patiently teaching others how to do some of what he does so well. The end result was a huge leap in the status of this house.
This was the second group to participate in the presbytery's cluster house in the lower Ninth Ward. On Saturday some eight or nine volunteers from Washington worked on this house filling in large holes in the floor, painting, caulking, and patching masonry. The rest stayed back at the village and helped clean and build boardwalks.
And it wasn't all work for the week. On Friday the entire group loaded up in three vans and toured the area. They enjoyed dinner out in-town.
This group was split into two groups for the week's work. About half led by Pastor Steve(1st hat from the left) worked on Joan's house. They painted, hung doors, layed vinyl tile, cleaned, patched, and generally brought this house along. The other half or so, led by Mike (2nd hat on the right)finished drywall on Ken's house. Mike was most gratious in patiently teaching others how to do some of what he does so well. The end result was a huge leap in the status of this house.
This was the second group to participate in the presbytery's cluster house in the lower Ninth Ward. On Saturday some eight or nine volunteers from Washington worked on this house filling in large holes in the floor, painting, caulking, and patching masonry. The rest stayed back at the village and helped clean and build boardwalks.
And it wasn't all work for the week. On Friday the entire group loaded up in three vans and toured the area. They enjoyed dinner out in-town.
Team Leader Steve in hat rear left.
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