We have been having some internet connection issues the past few days so I apologize for the lack of updating, but we seem to be running well now.
This weekend our wonderful cooks from Winnipeg went home. They finished their term of duty with a great clean up meal. Their quiet, serving presence is greatly missed by the long termers. However, on Saturday our new cooks arrived and have kept the main building in such an uproar that we have to shush THEM at 10.00! Peon and Cindy are sisters out of pennsylvania and attend the same church as one of the groups that was down a few weeks ago. Yes Jane, they are a hoot!
This week group is from Ohio again. They are a lot quieter than last week's group, but no less fun or hard working. This group really likes the late night ice cream snack!
As for the houses...Miss Laura's house is now slightly ahead of schedule. The ceramic floor was supposed to take all of today and some of tomorrow to set, instead it is set and some of the lamenate floor is done already. So now the finish painter and the cleaners can go in late tomorrow and thursday to get their work done in time for the dedication on Friday.
The Brown residence on St. Pauls Ave. is coming together. The men were able to sheet the sides and begin the porch. Miss Jerry stopped by to see the house. She started up the ladder but decided that she'd maybe wait until there were stairs available before she went inside the house.
The Blassingame house (henderson ave) is also waiting for a porch, which has been planned out now by Hank.
The painting crew took on some extra work for this week. They returned to Miss Rosie's house and painted the interior columns. They also repainted her trim that was scuffed when the furniture was moved in. All that is left there is to wrap the aluminum around the exterior columns. Hopefully we can tear Rudy away from St. Pauls for a day to finish that up this week. The rest of the crew went to paint the soffet and facsia on a house that is being built for the priest of the Mother of Mercy Catholic Church (the cute white one with the steeple on E. Railroad St.). Though it does not look like much was finished today the women were moving very quickly. We expect 1.5 to 2 days to finish that job. In the morning they also managed to get the trim painted for Dorothy's house.
Storm Aid has reopened their unit in Pass and they are setting the foundation for MDS' next project (across from the Catholic church). Storm Aid is the Amish version/sister organization of MDS. We are very glad to have them doing that for us while we finish up Miss Laura's house.
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