Severe storm warnings were issued for the weekend but luckily we only had some rain and all our team arrived safely. After church on Sunday we gathered at Russo's for lunch. Our team for this week is Larry and Dottie, Danny and Annette, Bob and Paige, Charlotte, John and Lu, Ruth and David.
Monday most of the women went back to Daniel's home and continue to mud and sand. Paige mudding a ceiling.
Annette sanded the master bedroom and bathroom.
Charlotte sanded another bedroom.
Daniel, the home owner, stopped by a few times. He had lots of stories to tell and share with us. His goal is to be in this home by the end of May, but hiring contractors that are available is difficult. He did get his electricity hooked up on Tuesday afternoon and he came by to put in one outlet so we had power. We needed light to see in the one bathroom.
Charlotte held the light so Paige could see where to mud and sand in this bathroom. I think it was the worse room in the house.
Everyday at lunch time we took a five mile ride to Anderson's.
They very kindly let us use their one bathroom.
We cleaned up and declared the house ready to be painted on Wednesday afternoon. We are hoping he has it textured, but Daniel wasn't sure he could afford to and was waiting for a painter to come and give him an estimate.
The rest of the team had been working at this newly built home on Otto Road.
What a beautiful view from the front porch.
David and Bob started putting the dry wall on the ceiling.
John and Lu worked at the Carter's home on Monday and got all the leaks fixed and the house is now finished. They then came to this house and installed all the insulation.
The ceiling was up and now the walls. David cuts out the window.
On to the hallway.
Larry fixed some of the wiring in the kitchen before the drywall was put on.
By the end of the day Thursday the drywall was on in the kitchen
and the living/dining room. Even some mudding had begun.
Some volunteers from the Methodist church in Pinebluff, NC came on Thursday afternoon to help with hanging dry wall on the ceilings. We spread the word about NOMADS to them.
Paige and Bob had to leave Thursday morning so we went to the Market place on Wednesday night. John and Lu, and Charlotte will also be leaving on Friday.
A Chocolate Mess was the celebration dessert of the night for most of us.
On Friday the team members that were left went out for breakfast and then into Little Rock. We had a very informative tour of the William J Clinton Presidential Library.
There were lots of interesting displays about his presidency. It was nice seeing school children interacting with the exhibits.
This is a full size replica of the Oval office exactly as it was when he was President.
Close to the library is the Heifer Village.
The exhibits here told how Heifer International helps countries improve living conditions for many poor around the world. It was very interesting.
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