September 14 2023 – God is watching over us

When we got up this morning, Roadie was a cool 55 degrees … brrr.    We are very grateful to have multiple forms of heat (all of which we used this morning):   an electric fireplace, a heat pump and a furnace.   When the sun came up, it warmed up nicely getting into the mid 70s by afternoon.  

Our small team of 6 Care-A-Vanners and 4 local volunteers gathered for our morning meeting.   We were all wondering what we were going to be able to do today, since we were waiting for windows and siding delivery, and could not start sheetrocking until the electrical and plumbing inspection was complete.   While we were waiting for our local pastor, the President of the Agri-fab company stopped by.   Agri-fab is a company located in Sullivan, directly behind our build site.  In fact, the land for the entire Habitat community was donated by Agri-fab .   The Agri-fab President had heard from his wife (a pastor from a local church who comes by every week to share a devotional with us) that we were short handed.   He offered to send over 4-6 workers from their Agri-fab job to help with our build anytime we need their help.   It was an amazing blessing!  

During our team meeting, we were told that we are going to go ahead and pick up the sheetrock for the ceiling.   We were hoping that the inspections would happen soon, so we could get that task going.   While we were waiting for the delivery, we got to work on remaining tasks that need to be done.   Joe and I had the job of filling any penetrations with either foam sealer or silicone caulk.

We also sealed around the exterior doors.

By late morning, Gary had come back with the sheetrock.   These are mostly 12 foot long sheets – extra long to reduce the number of seams to be taped and to get some good ceiling coverage with each sheet.   It didn’t take us long to take Agri-fab up on their offer.  They sent over 4 strong young men who were able to help us move the heavy sheetrock into the house.  Amazing!

Sometime late morning, we were very happy to hear that the windows were ready… whoo hoo!   Not only did we get good news about the windows, but the plumbing and electrical were ready for inspection.  Gene was able to call the inspector, and he came right over.   So, by lunch time, we had the green light to proceed with the sheetrock.

Right after lunch, we jumped in to help with the team working on the facia.  

I got some instruction on how to install the soffit above the porch.   I definitely need some practice … I’m sure I’ll figure it out by the time it’s done tomorrow :-).

While we were working on the soffits, another team got the first sheet of sheetrock on the ceiling.

It was an amazing day.   When we came in this morning, we were worrying about how we would be able to proceed.   By the end of the day, we had the offer for additional help, sheetrock and windows delivered and the inspection done.   God was showing us that he’s got this – don’t worry.  He will provide everything we need to get this house built on his timetable.  God is definitely watching over us.   God is good.