“In separateness lies the world’s great misery, in compassion lies the world’s true strength.”
Buddha

The temperatures continue to hover in the low to mid-90’s, but today was extra humid making work today all that much harder. We had two crews out today. One group returned to the site in Hanover to finish up the tiling, painting and plumbing. They made great progress, but there is still a little left to do.

The other group of PVs went to work on the Itmann school house to continue renovations. Today the group did an amazing job clearing the brush from back of the building, as well as clearing all the limbs that were touching the roof. It was a lot of hard work, but it looks fabulous. The group also was able to open up the shutters on three of the back windows and remove the plywood that was covering the window.  Just those simple things really made a huge difference and let a lot of light into the building.

This evening their were many tired and sore PVs who were grateful for the meal that was prepared for them. Tonight we had macaroni and cheese, ham, green beans, salad and homemade rolls from Daphne. The whole meal absolutely wonderful. The meal was topped of with homemade chocolate chip cookies, with a special large cookie with candles to celebrate Jenny’s birthday. Of course a very out of tune rendition of “Happy Birthday” followed.

Reflection tonight was simple, yet powerful as we reflected on our “new and good” from the day.

“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.”
Jack Dixon

We kicked off the third week of the program with a bang. This week we have a smaller group, especially today as we are waiting on a few more arrivals, so we decided to send everyone to one site and really try to knock it out. The volunteers went up the road to the site right near that we underpinned and painted at last week. Today they worked on finishing up the painting, as well as starting the tiling in three rooms and fixing a plumbing problem in the bathroom. With all the volunteers together a lot was accomplished. We should be done at that site in another day.

For dinner we were treated to some very comforting food; tuna noodle casserole and/or chicken primavera. It really hit that spot after a days work. To top off the meal we had some scrumptious brownies.

Reflection tonight was a combo of reflection and commissioning, as we had not commissioned our new arrived PVs. After they were commissioned, the volunteers shared a “new and a good” from their day.

“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.”
Jack Dixon

We kicked off the third week of the program with a bang. This week we have a smaller group, especially today as we are waiting on a few more arrivals, so we decided to send everyone to one site and really try to knock it out. The volunteers went up the road to the site right near that we underpinned and painted at last week. Today they worked on finishing up the painting, as well as starting the tiling in three rooms and fixing a plumbing problem in the bathroom. With all the volunteers together a lot was accomplished. We should be done at that site in another day.

For dinner we were treated to some very comforting food; tuna noodle casserole and/or chicken primavera. It really hit that spot after a days work. To top off the meal we had some scrumptious brownies.

Reflection tonight was a combo of reflection and commissioning, as we had not commissioned our new arrived PVs. After they were commissioned, the volunteers shared a “new and a good” from their day.

“If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.”
Jack Dixon

We kicked off the third week of the program with a bang. This week we have a smaller group, especially today as we are waiting on a few more arrivals, so we decided to send everyone to one site and really try to knock it out. The volunteers went up the road to the site right near that we underpinned and painted at last week. Today they worked on finishing up the painting, as well as starting the tiling in three rooms and fixing a plumbing problem in the bathroom. With all the volunteers together a lot was accomplished. We should be done at that site in another day.

For dinner we were treated to some very comforting food; tuna noodle casserole and/or chicken primavera. It really hit that spot after a days work. To top off the meal we had some scrumptious brownies.

Reflection tonight was a combo of reflection and commissioning, as we had not commissioned our new arrived PVs. After they were commissioned, the volunteers shared a “new and a good” from their day.

This afternoon the power was restored to the school so we moved back in. Volunteers that had delayed their arrival are now on their way down and sites are being planned for tomorrow. Everything is back to normal, well as normal as things could be. There are still large parts of the county and the state without electricity and with this heat we are having it will make for some dangerous situations. Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers.

We have to thank the wonderful and flexible group of PVs that are here right now. They rolled with the punches, pitched in where they could and slept in close quarters. We are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of the rest of the community.

If you are wondering where pictures from the second week are, there will be a bit of a delay with those. Due to the power outage we could not download anyone’s pictures and are waiting for them to be emailed to use. Keep checking back, they will be posted asap.

This afternoon the power was restored to the school so we moved back in. Volunteers that had delayed their arrival are now on their way down and sites are being planned for tomorrow. Everything is back to normal, well as normal as things could be. There are still large parts of the county and the state without electricity and with this heat we are having it will make for some dangerous situations. Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers.

We have to thank the wonderful and flexible group of PVs that are here right now. They rolled with the punches, pitched in where they could and slept in close quarters. We are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of the rest of the community.

If you are wondering where pictures from the second week are, there will be a bit of a delay with those. Due to the power outage we could not download anyone’s pictures and are waiting for them to be emailed to use. Keep checking back, they will be posted asap.

This afternoon the power was restored to the school so we moved back in. Volunteers that had delayed their arrival are now on their way down and sites are being planned for tomorrow. Everything is back to normal, well as normal as things could be. There are still large parts of the county and the state without electricity and with this heat we are having it will make for some dangerous situations. Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers.

We have to thank the wonderful and flexible group of PVs that are here right now. They rolled with the punches, pitched in where they could and slept in close quarters. We are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of the rest of the community.

If you are wondering where pictures from the second week are, there will be a bit of a delay with those. Due to the power outage we could not download anyone’s pictures and are waiting for them to be emailed to use. Keep checking back, they will be posted asap.

Like a lot of the eastern part of the country, we lost our power last night and still did not have power this morning. Because of how the school water system is set up, when we lose power we also lose water. Throughout the county outages are very spotty. Half of Pineviile has power, half of Oceana has power. We are in Pineville and just got power at 5:15pm. We are going to head back to the school to see if the power has been restored there.  Because of the no water and no power situation we had to hold up the volunteers that were planning on arriving today. If the school power is back on we can call them and give them the go ahead.

We will keep you updated as we can.

Like a lot of the eastern part of the country, we lost our power last night and still did not have power this morning. Because of how the school water system is set up, when we lose power we also lose water. Throughout the county outages are very spotty. Half of Pineviile has power, half of Oceana has power. We are in Pineville and just got power at 5:15pm. We are going to head back to the school to see if the power has been restored there.  Because of the no water and no power situation we had to hold up the volunteers that were planning on arriving today. If the school power is back on we can call them and give them the go ahead.

We will keep you updated as we can.

Like a lot of the eastern part of the country, we lost our power last night and still did not have power this morning. Because of how the school water system is set up, when we lose power we also lose water. Throughout the county outages are very spotty. Half of Pineviile has power, half of Oceana has power. We are in Pineville and just got power at 5:15pm. We are going to head back to the school to see if the power has been restored there.  Because of the no water and no power situation we had to hold up the volunteers that were planning on arriving today. If the school power is back on we can call them and give them the go ahead.

We will keep you updated as we can.