In our planning/visioning meeting in 2004 we added local missions work to our list of Outreaches
In November of 2004 and again in April of 2005 we put together a list of projects,
gathered in the Fellowship Hall to put together our work teams and
went out into our community to help our neighbors
November 2004 - the first local missions workday
Ray Carden organized the projects.
Friday evening we met to find out what was in the works and plan the actual workday
First, a little breakfast and team organizing
from yard work (and play)
to installing a power pole for a lady who has lived without electricity for
over a year
and fixing windows
plus hauling off years of accumulated junk and debris
painting
a brief break for lunch and status reports
then back to jobs in progress or on to new ones
more painting, mowing, trash hauling
this home had a back door - about four feet off the ground. Our guys built
a porch and stairs so the resident could get to her back yard
without walking all the way around her home.
some after photos
April 2005
This spring we built some handrails
this door took a lot of work
replacing some long sheet metal screws just waiting for a careless hand or head
and adding some stiffeners so the door couldn't be pried open from the outside
yard work and burning brush
a brief lunch break and status report
this family spent the day at Bobby's fixing sheet rock and painting
I think they were more blessed than he
a little hedge pruning and cleaning off of the roof
the resident of this house needed our help, but this bag is full of canned
goods she donated to the local
Scouts for a food drive
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