WEEK TWO IN LUMBERTON

 Two of our team members left on the weekend and two arrived. Our devotions were held in this room each morning at the church.

 Don and Muriel are new NOMADS and this is their first time on a project.

 Mike will be here for three weeks. Two weeks working with Gary and then he will be the leader the third week. Susan wasn't able to come with him, for she had to take care of her parents. We missed seeing her.

 The sign in front of the house where Becky and Ron worked last week and this week.

 The home where they have been working.

 Counter they installed.

 Concrete floor they fixed and leveled.

 Don and Muriel worked with them all week. Muriel did a lot of painting quarter around.

 Don said he learned a lot of new things and was aware of a lot of  sore muscles, but enjoyed it and had fun.   We look forward to working with them at the project in Clermont in the fall.                                                                                                                                                                                          

Our team got together each day to have lunch on the front porch.

 Mike mudded the front bathroom.

 And then sanded it, the next day.

 Sharon painted the bedroom with a mildew protector.

 Then on Thursday the room was painted, antique white.

 The home owner, Mary Elizabeth, helped to mud, sand and paint. She is a hard worker and very thankful for all the help.

 The bedroom painted.

We then painted most of this room.

 Plywood for the flooring being delivered.

 Mike put tar paper down to keep the moisture out of the house.

 Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth's daughter-in-law,  was always willing to give a helping hand. After the tar paper was down in the closet plywood was nailed on. She tried her hand with the nail gun.

 The weather has been very hot and humid. Larry and Gary used the tented area to cut the plywood for a little shade.

 Thursdays goal was to have flooring in the closet and laundry room.

 Underlayment being nailed down in the laundry room. I was able to get this wall mudded, sanded and painted while the washer and dryer were away from the wall and not be in the guys way.

 The vinyl being measured and cut to be installed in the closet and laundry.

 Getting it rolled down,

 and fitted around the water heater.

 The dryer put back in the room.

Then the washer. It was a hard day of work, but by the end of the week we had  flooring down in two rooms, one and half rooms painted and most of the sanding finished.
 We leave to head to PA on Saturday and no other NOMADS are scheduled to join the project next week so they are a little short handed. Next week the team is going to work at the house where Becky and Ron have been working getting the flooring put in so the family can move back into their house. Then back to Mary Elizabeth's to finish up her house. I hope they get it finished before the NOMADS are done here in September.  We will stop by for a visit with her on our way home at Christmas.