“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” Edward Everett Hale

Another day with six sites going on throughout the county…We continued on with the porch at the house in Hanover and begun work at the neighbor’s house, both were flooded just over a year ago. We also finish up the ramp and back porch at another site just down the road. We were also able to send a group back to The Way to continue work on the tiling. A group also went to St. Vincent DePaul to help with distribution and a final group continued painting the floors at the Itmann Food Bank.
We were treated to a wonderful meal of homemade manicotti, (the cooks stayed home from sites just to make the pasta!) ziti, salad a bread. It was fabulous!

When it was time to gather for reflection we were asked to reflect on lessons we have learned while we have been in WV that we have or want to take home with us.

All in all another great day.

“The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.” Laurence Leamer

We had six sites going on today, three home repair sites carrying over from the day before as well as three additional sites. The three additional site included painting the floor at the Itmann Food Bank with non-slip paint, laying ceramic tile at The Way in Mullens, and preparing for distribution day at St. Vincent DePaul. A good day was had by all.

For dinner we feasted on ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans and salad, a nice comfort meal after a hard days work. We were also treated to banana bread with chocolate chips. Yum Yum.

Reflection tonight focused on when we have felt the Holy Spirit in our lives and more specifically in our time as PVs.

“The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.” Laurence Leamer

We had six sites going on today, three home repair sites carrying over from the day before as well as three additional sites. The three additional site included painting the floor at the Itmann Food Bank with non-slip paint, laying ceramic tile at The Way in Mullens, and preparing for distribution day at St. Vincent DePaul. A good day was had by all.

For dinner we feasted on ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans and salad, a nice comfort meal after a hard days work. We were also treated to banana bread with chocolate chips. Yum Yum.

Reflection tonight focused on when we have felt the Holy Spirit in our lives and more specifically in our time as PVs.

“The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.” Laurence Leamer

We had six sites going on today, three home repair sites carrying over from the day before as well as three additional sites. The three additional site included painting the floor at the Itmann Food Bank with non-slip paint, laying ceramic tile at The Way in Mullens, and preparing for distribution day at St. Vincent DePaul. A good day was had by all.

For dinner we feasted on ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans and salad, a nice comfort meal after a hard days work. We were also treated to banana bread with chocolate chips. Yum Yum.

Reflection tonight focused on when we have felt the Holy Spirit in our lives and more specifically in our time as PVs.

“Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.” Nicholas Berdyaev

Today we continued work on the sites we were working on at the end of last week, but with a whole new crew. A two person crew went up to finish the tiling site from last week. The report back was that the home looked great and that the homeowner was so happy to bring her bed back into her bedroom. It will be the first time she has slept in her bed since the flood over a year ago.

Another group went up to continue on with the soffits and fascia. They are within 45 minutes of finishing, but the weather just got too hot. The same was true with the ramp we were finishing up right near by and the site in Lilydale. All three of those should only take another day.

We also continued work right up the street from us, hanging paneling, dry walling and mudding. Work was also started on a ramp and stairs that will be constructed partly out of already made platforms and partly new construction. It will be quite a site when all is finished.

For dinner tonight we were treated with chili and rice, both the meat and the veggie varieties. It was delicious and topped off with German chocolate cake. Yummy.

As usual, in the evening we gathered for reflection. Tonight we reflected on judgments. Times when we felt judged and times when maybe we judged someone. It was a very thought provoking reflection.

“Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.” Nicholas Berdyaev

Today we continued work on the sites we were working on at the end of last week, but with a whole new crew. A two person crew went up to finish the tiling site from last week. The report back was that the home looked great and that the homeowner was so happy to bring her bed back into her bedroom. It will be the first time she has slept in her bed since the flood over a year ago.

Another group went up to continue on with the soffits and fascia. They are within 45 minutes of finishing, but the weather just got too hot. The same was true with the ramp we were finishing up right near by and the site in Lilydale. All three of those should only take another day.

We also continued work right up the street from us, hanging paneling, dry walling and mudding. Work was also started on a ramp and stairs that will be constructed partly out of already made platforms and partly new construction. It will be quite a site when all is finished.

For dinner tonight we were treated with chili and rice, both the meat and the veggie varieties. It was delicious and topped off with German chocolate cake. Yummy.

As usual, in the evening we gathered for reflection. Tonight we reflected on judgments. Times when we felt judged and times when maybe we judged someone. It was a very thought provoking reflection.

“Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.” Nicholas Berdyaev

Today we continued work on the sites we were working on at the end of last week, but with a whole new crew. A two person crew went up to finish the tiling site from last week. The report back was that the home looked great and that the homeowner was so happy to bring her bed back into her bedroom. It will be the first time she has slept in her bed since the flood over a year ago.

Another group went up to continue on with the soffits and fascia. They are within 45 minutes of finishing, but the weather just got too hot. The same was true with the ramp we were finishing up right near by and the site in Lilydale. All three of those should only take another day.

We also continued work right up the street from us, hanging paneling, dry walling and mudding. Work was also started on a ramp and stairs that will be constructed partly out of already made platforms and partly new construction. It will be quite a site when all is finished.

For dinner tonight we were treated with chili and rice, both the meat and the veggie varieties. It was delicious and topped off with German chocolate cake. Yummy.

As usual, in the evening we gathered for reflection. Tonight we reflected on judgments. Times when we felt judged and times when maybe we judged someone. It was a very thought provoking reflection.

“i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” e.e. cummings

Happy fourth of July!!! We hope you and your families had a wonderful day. We had the unique situation in that all of the home owners whose houses we were working on were going to be away for the fourth, so we needed to find some alternative activities. We search high and low for festivals and fourth of July fun, only to find the closest thing like that was in Fayetteville. We decided to give everyone options of different activities that they could do and let everyone choose, much like job sites.

The one “site” that pretty much everyone signed up for was a guitar making workshop that was help at the school by two of our talented volunteers. PV’s constructed guitars our of cigar boxes and lumber. It was amazing to watch them come into being. We will post pictures at the end of the week.

In the afternoon people went swimming, hiking, for a drive around the county. at about 1:30 the skies open up and we had quite a down pour with huge wind gusts that knocked a tree down near by, that in turn knocked our power out for what ended up being over six hours. Not only the power, but about four hours into it, our water since it was being run by an electric pump. Everyone was very flexible and made the best of it. We had sandwiches for dinner and we did jobsites by flashlight. Just as we were wrapping up jobsites that power came back on and was back to “normal.” After a strange beginning of the week, everyone is set and excited to go out on sites tomorrow.

“i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” e.e. cummings

Happy fourth of July!!! We hope you and your families had a wonderful day. We had the unique situation in that all of the home owners whose houses we were working on were going to be away for the fourth, so we needed to find some alternative activities. We search high and low for festivals and fourth of July fun, only to find the closest thing like that was in Fayetteville. We decided to give everyone options of different activities that they could do and let everyone choose, much like job sites.

The one “site” that pretty much everyone signed up for was a guitar making workshop that was help at the school by two of our talented volunteers. PV’s constructed guitars our of cigar boxes and lumber. It was amazing to watch them come into being. We will post pictures at the end of the week.

In the afternoon people went swimming, hiking, for a drive around the county. at about 1:30 the skies open up and we had quite a down pour with huge wind gusts that knocked a tree down near by, that in turn knocked our power out for what ended up being over six hours. Not only the power, but about four hours into it, our water since it was being run by an electric pump. Everyone was very flexible and made the best of it. We had sandwiches for dinner and we did jobsites by flashlight. Just as we were wrapping up jobsites that power came back on and was back to “normal.” After a strange beginning of the week, everyone is set and excited to go out on sites tomorrow.

“i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” e.e. cummings

Happy fourth of July!!! We hope you and your families had a wonderful day. We had the unique situation in that all of the home owners whose houses we were working on were going to be away for the fourth, so we needed to find some alternative activities. We search high and low for festivals and fourth of July fun, only to find the closest thing like that was in Fayetteville. We decided to give everyone options of different activities that they could do and let everyone choose, much like job sites.

The one “site” that pretty much everyone signed up for was a guitar making workshop that was help at the school by two of our talented volunteers. PV’s constructed guitars our of cigar boxes and lumber. It was amazing to watch them come into being. We will post pictures at the end of the week.

In the afternoon people went swimming, hiking, for a drive around the county. at about 1:30 the skies open up and we had quite a down pour with huge wind gusts that knocked a tree down near by, that in turn knocked our power out for what ended up being over six hours. Not only the power, but about four hours into it, our water since it was being run by an electric pump. Everyone was very flexible and made the best of it. We had sandwiches for dinner and we did jobsites by flashlight. Just as we were wrapping up jobsites that power came back on and was back to “normal.” After a strange beginning of the week, everyone is set and excited to go out on sites tomorrow.