ISLAMORADA

 Saturday, January 6, we came to Islamorada in the Keys to work at Matecumbe UMC

 Our rigs are parked between the church and the fellowship building. Route 1 is right behind us and there is nonstop traffic all day and night. A little noisy for sleeping. 

 The Fellowship hall. They have a stained glass mission and have classes here on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

 A tree fell on this corner of the roof

 and it needs to be repaired.

 Down the street towards the ocean is the parsonage. It flooded with four feet of water running through it. Some friends, family and church members have been working on it, and we will be giving a helping hand.

 This is our team, Mark and Debbie, our leaders Mary and Barry, and Larry and Dottie.  This is where we have our morning devotions and lunch.

 Monday morning we all went to work on the fellowship roof. It has been leaking so we are going to take the roofing off and re roof it.

 Mary, Debbie and I were given the job of taking the roofing screws out.

 Mark and Larry worked on fixing the side of the roof the had been damaged.

 Even with Barry's help we didn't make much progress getting the screws out of the roof on Monday. Monday afternoon Barry got the official news that we needed a permit to do the roofing so we stopped working.

 Larry and Mark were allowed to fix the damage. So the cut out out the damaged wood and replaced a section to make the repair.

 Fixed the side.

 Found a piece of roofing to replace the damaged piece.

 By Wednesday the damaged roof was looking good.

 The girls went over to the parsonage, since we couldn't continue working on the roof. Debbie and Mary grouted the tile in this room and I washed it off.

 Then on Tuesday and Wednesday we painted most of the ceilings. Of course they needed two coats. It is a big house for the Keys with four bedrooms and a large living room.

 They have been giving us lunch everyday. On Tuesday we shared a luncheon for the group who does the lovely stained glass work.

 It was nice talking to the locals and hearing their stories.

 Thursday we didn't have the permit in our hands yet but it was close enough that we could finish taking the roofing off.

 Barry had gotten a tool that took it off  without having to take each roofing screw out by hand, still hot hard work.

 Mark and Larry took out the rotten boards.

 By the end of the day on Thursday the roofing is off and this section of the roof repaired.

 We walked over to Lor-e-lie  for dinner

 and  watched the sunset. A nice relaxing way to celebrate a week of hard work.