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| John and Marvin Peachey and their
group from PA arrive Sunday evening, January 29 to continue
the Gulfhaven rebuild initiative. This is week ten of
the rebuild phase and the twentieth week of Gulfhaven
relief since hurricane Katrina. Over 300 volunteers
have worked out of Gulfhaven since August 29. |
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| Dale Yoder gets the tar paper started. |
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John A., Rod Lehman, and Dale move
forward on this shed blown away by Katrina. |
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| Johathan and Luke put drip edge in
place. |
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Roofing at David, James, and Rita's
home. |
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| Bryan leads the way. |
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Jim and Marv get the roof ready for
shingles. |
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| Marie get her shed replaced. |
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Hard working crew, Ben and others,
getting rid of the old shingles that were left. |
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| Marv going to great heights for this
project. |
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Dale lines it up straight. |
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| An awesome new shed. |
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An awesome new shed. |
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| Ken and Marv replace old flooring. |
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Esther and Lucy painting at Marie's. |
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| Ken putting new flooring in place. |
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Lucy and Rose in Marie's kitchen. |
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| Brent and Byron tearing out ceilings
with black mold. |
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Fred and Brent tearing out ceilings
with black mold. |
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| Lucy and Esther getting ready for dinner. |
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Doris and Avonelle were the cooks for
the week. |
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| Sheldon and Hannah do fence repair. |
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John A. piles the logs high at Karen's |
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| Rod and Jonathan hauling off debris. |
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Hannah Weber from Canada joined the
group from PA during the week. |
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| Marj Weber from Canada joined the group
from PA during the week. |
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John A. and Rod clear away debris. |
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| James busts up cement with a single
swing. |
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Bruce and Marj from Canada joined the
group from PA during the week. |
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| John and Marvin Peachey
and their group from PA arrive Sunday evening, January
29. The group is from Big Valley, PA and from four area
Mennonite - Mountain View, Locust Grove, Allensville,
and Maple Grove. |
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| Bethany Grace Fellowship
in East Earl, PA arrived Sunday evening, January 22,
to serve the following week . This is the fourth rebuilding
crew in January. This makes a total of nine rebuilding
crews during this initiative since December. |
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| Larry smoothing out Daphne's new porch. |
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Daphne now has her back porch replaced. |
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| Gerald, Trevor and Matt hauling cement
to the back yard. |
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Gerald getting another load. |
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| Matt and Trevor break for a sandwich
at new on the way to the next job. |
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Larry smoothing out Daphne's new porch. |
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| Travis and Bob making repairs |
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Matt and Darrin working on the deck. |
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| Trevor, Matt and Darrin getting boards
ready to go up. |
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Lee and Tom repairing siding. |
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| Nancy cooking for hungry work crews. |
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Charlene makin' plenty of awesome cookies. |
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| Ray, Gerald, Luke, Mike and Larry working
on Hazel's front porch area. |
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Working on Hazel's front porch area. |
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| Mike working on flooring. |
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Leroy and Ed put an edge on Hazel's
new porch. |
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| Lois, Jenni, and Warren doing some
outside clean up. |
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Kate, Bob, Warren, and Jenni doing
some outside clean up. |
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| Travis sands new dry wall in Marc and
Myrna's home. |
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Bob puts on a primer coat. |
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| Lois and Bonnie clean up floor that
still had storm surge residue on it. |
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Lois scrubbing floors. |
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| Jenni does some much needed clean up
work. |
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Ray, Jenni, and Kate were a good team
for Marc and Myrna's outside clean up. |
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| Bethany Grace Fellowship
in East Earl, PA ready to start the week on Monday,
January 23. |
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| Jonas Beiler and
the group from Pennsylvania arrived on Monday, January
16 to continue the work for Gulfhaven families.
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| This home needs a roof. |
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And this home gets a roof. |
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| The ladies enjoy watching. |
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The ladies also enjoy the Gulf Coast
sun. |
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| Manny making it happen. |
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A balancing act... |
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| Archie and Jason use their building
and electrical skills putting on a fresh coat of paint
on this day at Hazel's. |
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Archie came all the way from Canada
to help out and he and Jason were a huge blessing. |
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| Allen and the others figure out the
best steps to the roof rebuild. |
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Erin balances on new rafters being
put in place. |
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| Moving forward and getting it dried
in. |
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Merve working high on Brad's new roof. |
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| Early in the morning already torn off
and ready for new shingles. |
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John David and Lee cut boards to precision. |
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| David Lee, Mahlon, Ervin, Elmer Lee
lift shingles to the roof. |
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Necessary repair of underway as Jonas
leads the crew. |
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| Ammon with a hammer? |
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Rhoda, Edna, Ruthy, Linda, Kathryn,
and Mary - a woman's work is never done. |
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| Ammon and Allen make it happen and
build it fast. |
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Manny cuts decking for Ammon and Allen. |
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| Gideon and Mel work on a plan for wrapping
up William's roof. |
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Another new roof. |
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| Rain clouds blow away late Monday evening
and this roof gets prepared for the next day. |
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Rain clouds blow away late Monday evening
and this roof gets prepared for the next day. |
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| Jonas Beiler and the group
from Pennsylvania arrived on Monday, January 16 to continue
the work for Gulfhaven families. Also at Gulfhaven this
week were Archie and Jason Lohr from Canada. They are
pictured on the back row. |
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| Ed Hauter and his
group from Illinois arrived Thursday, January 12. |
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Cornerstone Baptist Church
in Morton, Illinois sent a voluteer group to serve out
of Gulfhaven to its families. They arrived late on Thursday,
January 12 and were up early to get started on Friday
morning.
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| Volunteers from
Harrisonburg, VA at Gulfhaven to rebuild during the
week of January 8. After 10 weeks of clean up, this
was the 5th week of the Rebuilding Phase to Gulfhaven
families... |
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| Ron, Derik, and Larry putting a roof
back together. |
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Ron and Derik working and being a blessing. |
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| Elam and Tom go over the project. |
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Venessa stands in front of her new
room. |
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| Lila painting at Carmens. |
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Lila painting at Carmens. |
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| Pearl and Ron adding another coat. |
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Pearl and Ron adding another coat. |
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| Tom from Gulfhaven fixing a roof. |
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Patti and Gene from Illinois. |
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| Tom from Gulfhaven fixing a roof. |
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Gene making special cuts for the roof. |
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| Dave, Marv, Elam and Denny built a
pump house. |
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Dave, Marv, Elam and Denny built a
pump house. |
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| Ron helping out with the rewire job. |
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Steve making plans for the rewire job. |
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| Steve adding wire outside. |
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Steve adding wire outside. |
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| Larry works on the bathroom vent. |
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Gerald and Derik unload sheet rock
to replace ceilings. |
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| Elam Steiner leads the
group from the SALT Class from Harrisonburg, VA. They
arrived on Saturday, January 7 and joined the congregation
at Gulfhaven for worship on Sunday morning. |
Work Crews