hooo boy!

the day is done and i am very glad.  we were back at malcon's.he asked us to retexturize some of the walls we had done yesterday so we did.  then we installed a pull down attic stairway and primed 3 rooms.  steve deAtley wins the A++ superman award for our team but the rest of us get the A+ supermen/women awards.  i always love to see how a team meshes and becomes one.  each of us seems to find a job that fits our abilities or our capabilities.  it becomes like a ballet.  each person learns where to be and when to be so as not to disturb the works of the others on the team.  Steve and jen put in an attic pull down staircase.  the kind that many of us have in our homes and garages.  the notion of someone actually having tears in their eyes because of an attic staircase is hard to believe but there were tears in malcom's eyes today. he told us a few times that he would pay us back for all we have spent on his house.  we told him that this was our privledge and that if he ever has any spare money, donate it to camp restore or to some other worthy charity that does God's work. that is how to pay us back.  and to think of us and the teams before and after with love and prayers.

i just talked to pastor baerwolf and he said his day went well.  he is a crew leader and the group he has is doing insulation.  i also just talked to ted meyers.  he is on a demolition team and he said he was dead tired.  that is not easy work.  we forget that so many of us sit at desks for much of the day or ride in a car for our jobs so when we call upon our bodies to do  this kind of work we get real tired and sore real easily.  but - we all have a clear idea of why we are here and what we have to do.  it gets very addictive - you want to do just one more thing to get those people home.  to have them settled in their home.  i thought that after 4 1/2 years the need would diminish - it hasn't.  our malcom lives in a fema trailer and has for 4 years.  he said he will move in as soon as he has running water.  he is our of money like most of the people here and will do without cabinets or flooring or the other things that we all take for granted just to GET HOME!  just think of living in a trailer for that length of time.  and let me tell you - they "ain't" pretty or spacious, or comfortable.  malcom has let us use the bathroom in his trailer and jen and i have encouraged the guys in the group - all newbies - to go in to use the bathroom just to see what a fema trailer looks like,  it is hard to describe.  i have always wanted to post a picture of the inside of one of them but i don't want to intrude on their privacy by showing the inside of their "home".

ok - i'm gonna post some pictures of the crew and get ready for dinner.

those of you who have sent us cards in the mail - thank you so much.  i received one today and it touched me so much.  to know that we are thought of and remembered is so wonderful.  thank you!!!

we love you all