Some work...then BIG rain

Hi y'all! The teams were busy today, in a number of different directions.
Construction Team 1 was on a reroofing project on the home of Carmen and Brooke, local residents of the town of Webster Springs. On Monday, our team took down the rusted and rotten front railings and gave the front porch new posts and railings of new treated lumber. Brooke, the daughter, is partially paralyzed from a terrible car accident, and enjoys sitting on the front porch, however, the wheelchair needed to be protected with a reliable railing to prevent any rolling. Carmen, the Mom, has had a double lung transplant, and the air quality in the house was being compromised because the bedroom carpet was damp and getting moldy from the constantly leaking roof. The tar shingles were torn off along with the underlying lumber...when the Lord decided we needed to water the local crops...and a near monsoon set in. TARPS--QUICK!!! To be continued, tomorrow.

The ladies went to Elk Riverview to visit the residents there, shared with them, sang some music, and played Bible Trivia with them. Bill and Joyce, residents there, who are both blind, sang and blessed everyone with a touching moment shared.

Donna stayed and cooked all day for the masses....WE THANK HER for that!
The ladies had lunch, and then returned and played name that tune with the Elk Riverview folks.

Sue and Naomi went to Webster County Continuous Care Center, a nearby nursing home.
They met the director, who introduced them to some of the residents who don't often get visitors, and they visited, shared and prayed with the residents. Sue is now a babeball officianado...thanks to one of the gents: ask her ANYTHING!

The teens again led youth basketball camps...one in the morning, one in the afternoon, attended by approximately 25 at each. Skills, drills, and devotions are part of the daily program, which has a weeklong theme, which will culminate with a salvation message at week's end...and hopefully, some life decisions being made.

Vic went on spider patrol, to complete some uyrgently needed plumbing in Sarah Beth's home in town. He succeeded to get his work accomplished with no loss of blood from spiders, sheet rock knives or other. Tomorrow we'll be finishing the bathroom with spackle and sheetrock...and paint.

Electrical patrol: The Baptist church gets some upgrades. We also added showers to the Baptist church here...along with new receptacles, stove hood, lighting and locks, thanks to George and Rick and boys. They have been very busy!

We are excited to be donating (5) bicycles and bibles to one of the schools here looking to encourage biking to school...we pray that every child receiving these gifts receive the temporal AND eternal gifts within.

We had the residents of these projects join us for a big BBQ, this evening
Sean and Pete are praying for the sun to return tomorrow, so we can finish roofing.
Pray for Donna, who's leading a bible study tomorrow. for the lives we cross, that we can be the hands and feet of Christ here in Webster Springs.

So...tonight Pete and Sean pray that the rain ends tonight, to get the sheathing, paper and shingles on tomorrow; the rest of us will work indoors, and out...again.

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From Naomi:
When Sue and I went to Webster CCare & Rehab, we met a man named "J" who asked for prayer because he has been having trouble regulating his blood sugar level. We were blessed by the opportunity to speak to him and pray with him. We also met Rose (an alias) who is not well physically, but spiritually she blessed us by singing "Jesus loves me" and 'Glory, Glory, Alleluia'...WHAT a GIFT to hear this older woman praise God through her struggles. She truly touched my heart. It has been a blessing to meet these people in West Virginia. We truly thank God for this opportunity. -N