We have gotten a lot done on the house:
- Installed wooding flooring in living room, dining room, family room and hallways
- Installed tile flooring in the master bath, kitchen, pantry, hallway, and utility room
- Painted and installed baseboard in 90% of the house
- Installed and painted all but four doors in the house
- repaired drywall in several rooms and the garage- mud and sand also
- painted eight rooms in the house- touched up some paint in some of those rooms
- cleaned windows and screens
- installed window sills
- Installed drywall and tile for a shower enclosure
- General clean up.
That's a lot. This team has been a go getting team. No really. This list can be read through pretty quickly, but please don't underestimate the enormity of this list.
Thank you for your prayers for us. I will tell you they availed much. The people who were sick are better (mostly) and we have a good level of team cohesion.
Wednesday night we went out on a field trip together after dinner. We went to a mall that supposedly had a shop with some good Texas tourism stuff. We were disappointed. And then we went to a place called "Proud Pies" and we were not disappointed there. We met a new friend named, Chelsea who took our group picture for us. (Hi Chelsea!)
On Friday we got to meet our homeowner. He is a nice guy who lives with his son and their dog, Ginger. They have been living with their home "in process" since November. We really pushed the production for this family.
of the site leaders from the agency we worked with bought us a "King Cake." It's a cake they use to celebrate Mardi Gras. In the truest form, there is a small plastic baby in the cake and whoever finds it has to buy the cake next year. Sounds kinda weird to me, but it was kind of tasty. I did not have the baby in my bite.
Also on Friday, after working a half day, we took Gary to the airport (the right one this time!) and then the team went to a Houston landmark called The Water Wall. It is a tall structure with water cascading down it. It was really kind of neat. And impressive. Then the team wanted to check out a thrift store. They actually bought me (Rod) a pair of duck pajamas. See more of the pictures on our SmugMug or Facebook page.
After that, we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant. We usually go out to eat as a team on the last night. We figured in Texas, we should either get bar b q or TexMex. Glad we went to TexMex.
I can't say enough about how much work we got done this week. It was a great team in that regard. I'll post more about some of the things we observed and learned this week in a couple days. In the mean time, we are heading out on Saturday morning. We have to drop Jen off at the airport (we'll drop her at the right one- not the one Gary was at.) and then head up to Joplin where we'll spend the night. We hope to get into St. Paul in time to see the SuperBowl.
Please pray for our team as we head home that we have safe travel, make good time, and have good conversations.
Talk to you again soon!
R
On Friday we got to meet our homeowner. He is a nice guy who lives with his son and their dog, Ginger. They have been living with their home "in process" since November. We really pushed the production for this family.
of the site leaders from the agency we worked with bought us a "King Cake." It's a cake they use to celebrate Mardi Gras. In the truest form, there is a small plastic baby in the cake and whoever finds it has to buy the cake next year. Sounds kinda weird to me, but it was kind of tasty. I did not have the baby in my bite.
Also on Friday, after working a half day, we took Gary to the airport (the right one this time!) and then the team went to a Houston landmark called The Water Wall. It is a tall structure with water cascading down it. It was really kind of neat. And impressive. Then the team wanted to check out a thrift store. They actually bought me (Rod) a pair of duck pajamas. See more of the pictures on our SmugMug or Facebook page.
After that, we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant. We usually go out to eat as a team on the last night. We figured in Texas, we should either get bar b q or TexMex. Glad we went to TexMex.
I can't say enough about how much work we got done this week. It was a great team in that regard. I'll post more about some of the things we observed and learned this week in a couple days. In the mean time, we are heading out on Saturday morning. We have to drop Jen off at the airport (we'll drop her at the right one- not the one Gary was at.) and then head up to Joplin where we'll spend the night. We hope to get into St. Paul in time to see the SuperBowl.
Please pray for our team as we head home that we have safe travel, make good time, and have good conversations.
Talk to you again soon!
R
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