2015 Spring Break - Thursday

Last work day today, and we did, you guessed it, more drywall. We really made a lot of progress this week, and got the last big bit of sheetrock hung (Will, Connor, Adam, Kyle, Luke and Westin)  and most of the first coat of mud up (John).  Laura and Taylor finished mudding the master bedroom, bath and closet (with a little help), which was a huge job; April got the dining room taped and floated, and Debbie and Julie got the corners done in the front 2 bedrooms (including the closets, one of which had weird angles between the walls and the ceiling).

Mark and Taylor were with us in spirit all week.

Luke, Connor and Kyle working on sheetrock. 

Westin shaving off excess sheetrock.

April in the dining room.

Connor and Kyle (and Luke's hand, because he wouldn't let me take another picture).

Talking with Milton, the Epworth volunteer who acted as our contractor and ran the site for us, the house is very close to being ready for the family to move in. He seemed very excited with how much we got in, and I know the family is excited to see progress. They're ready to move in and be together as a family again (they're currently spread out living amongst other family members in town).

One of the cool things April had us do today before we left was to walk through and look at how much we'd done and how God had worked through us this week. It's humbling, really. You don't necessarily think about it when you're up to your elbows in sheetrock mud, or cutting yet another piece of sheetrock, but it's really amazing to think that we could make such a difference for this family.

Left to do: a devo, communion, and the drive home. We'll be traveling in two groups again (the van carrying the counselors is leaving early, and the McCollums and Reasons will follow later).

See y'all tomorrow!

A&M UMC's team, with the homeowner and her daughter.

The entire group -- Aggies and Minutemen, plus the homeowner and her daughter.