We woke up to thunderstorms this morning. Thank God that it was a fast moving storm, so by the time we left for the campground at 7:30am, it had stopped raining. When we arrived on site, the ground was a little muddy – but we added a plywood path so that we wouldn’t track in too much dirt to the house. The first thing we noticed was that the roof shingles were on. The roofers came very early on Saturday morning. Looks great!
Bob and Richard from our team went above and beyond and worked both days this weekend. They purchased and delivered all of the drywall, moved the heavy 12 foot sheets into the house (with some help from the Habitat family) and insulated the entire house. Bob really wanted to get everything ready for us to hit the ground running to start drywall this morning. Mission accomplished with flying colors! Here’s what the house looked like when we got there:
Whew, there are a ton of sheets to put up… and this is just for the living/dining room area!
After our wonderful devotional and prayer from a local pastor, Bob handed out our sheets. Wow, they were full double sided sheets … whew, I’m tired just reading it 🙂 . Most of the sheet was devoted to providing drywall training 101 (or reminder for some). Even though we’ve done drywall a few times before, I really appreciated a detailed review of the steps.
We were on the North side closets team. The first step is to mark the location of the trusses and studs, to help with locating the proper point for the screws to be installed. After that, we started by measuring the ceiling sheet. We didn’t have the luxury of using a ceiling lift, so we had to cut the sheet, hold it up and screw it into place.
My job was measuring and cutting the sheets.
While we were having so much fun in the closet, the other teams were making great progress. They used the ceiling lift to install 12 foot sheets – so they went up really fast.
While were were inside, the electric company had a crew outside digging the trench and connecting power to the house from the street.
Whoo hoo… we finished the closet!
Tomorrow we’re on to the other bedroom closet. I’m sure it will go much faster tomorrow. Typically, I figure out how to do a task on the last piece … lol.
After work and a shower, we gathered for a happy hour on the pavilion. For dinner, we enjoyed some wonderful left overs from lunch and desserts from the amazing home baked goodies brought for our morning break. God is good!
There is an incredible amount of detailed work to properly build a quality home. Debbie’s descriptions and excellent pictures tells the story. One has to be impressed with the obvious skill of this dedicated team. The whole project is a marvelous example of brilliantly executed planning . Our sincere thanks to everyone.
Just amazing and reading it alone was overwhelming. Can’t believe , Debbie , “having fun in the closet “. 🤩😂😃
I should try it 😉
What an amazing crew of dedicated people . This is what Jesus commanded us to “love thy neighbor”
Perfect example .
Home built with love and prayers .
God bless you all and God bless America 🇺🇸🙏❤️
Thank you for the updates!!!! Thank you for the detail of your daily tasks.
Uncle John still loving all the pictures!
You are all truly amazing!!!!