The Trip Begins

After going to church and lunch at Andy's with Kim, Brandon, Josh and Mema we set out for Montana.  Hopefully, if Sprint doesn't let me down, I will be able to keep you updated on where we are and what we have seen or done.

    Today has mostly been riding. We saw some pretty and unusual clouds.We made it to the west side of Knoxville, TN.  We are spending our very first night ever at Wally World, the biggest one I have ever seen.

Please keep Billy & me in your prayers for our safety and that God will use us in a mighty way.

Testing Windows Live Writer

We have been at home since June 12. Billy has been working on shower and laundry units for the Baptist Men. On Friday he took Josh, Eddie & Ronnie with him to Hyde Co. to take everything down and move it out. He also lined up a fleet of drivers to move all the equipment. They did leave the laundry unit but moved it to another location. I have been busy around the house trying to clean and organize.

I found out about Windows Live Writer and how good it is for posting to blogs so I am testing it. Here is my final scrapbook pages for the Mcleod House.

Scrapbook credits: AWP Pompey A Work in Progress

So far I really like Windows Live Writer. It is so easy to use and makes blogging so much easier. If you want it you can get it free here: http://get.live.com/writer/overview

Pictures from Hyde County

This is the women's sleeping unit which is a converted horse trailer.

Cooking team from Region 3.
Patty and Dowell in the laundry unit.

Our laundry team-Ann, Beverly, Brenda, Brenda & Ronnie.
Billy really worked hard, as usual. As you will notice, even though he is taking a much needed rest he is still at work on the phone.

We did manage to have some fun and make new friends. Beverly, Josh, Brenda & Me

These two guys are with the National Guard. They set up phones for the firemen (or anyone else) to use since cell phone service is not too great down there. They also set up computers to check email. They also went beyond the call of duty many times helping us with other jobs.

Home at last!

We arrived home Wednesday night about 12:30 (guess that's officially Thurs. morning). We were supposed to be at home this week but were called to go down to the Hyde Co. fire (the official name is the Evans Road Fire). We were told in a debriefing on Monday that it was the largest fire in the US (over 40,000 acres). We were in Robbinsville at NCBM training for the weekend. Billy left there with the Command Unit about 5:45 Saturday morning and I stayed until the training was over on Saturday at 1 pm. On Sunday after attending a morning worship wedding in Rocky Mount and going to a family reunion I joined him at Mattamuskeet School. We are serving the firefighters, EMS, NC Forestry, Emergency Management, the military and others by providing food, showers and laundry. I mainly worked in laundry and Billy did maintenance (among other things). Below is a link if you want to read more about the fire and see photos.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1293

Home Dedication June 4

Since I haven't even started on the final week scrapbook page I thought I would just post some pictures from the dedication.

Wednesday at 11 am we had The Mcleod's home dedication. We were 99% finished with the work. Pastor Travis spoke and Billy thanked everyone for their help. JD & Terry prayed and asked for the Lord's blessings on the house and family The attendance was good and we had a great lunch afterwords provided by Miss Kim's Blessed Restaurant.

Front row: Colby Second row: Wallace, Terry, Brooke
Third row: JD, Ann, Connie, Rayford Back row: Steve, Billy, Travis

Rayford was overcome with graditude.

The Kitchen is beautiful.
I had to show you this hot pink bathroom.

Week 8 - May 26-May 30

Our major accomplishments this week were installing laminate flooring in the living-dining area, three bedrooms and hallway. Sam, Terry & Travis helped. Phil, Steve & Pat from Raleigh did molding, shelves & painting. Robert, Terry and Colby painted. A professional crew came in to do the vinyl flooring. We got indoor plumbing. Yeah. Miss Kim has been faithfully serving us breakfast each morning.

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Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10

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Scrapbook Credits:

Jeanellepaige-Hearts and Laughter

Week 7 - May 19-23

Phil & Steve built a handicap ramp for Connie's Mom to be able to get in their house. Phil, Steve & Norman hung all the crown molding and some of the door casing. Erica, Eddie, Terry, Clara & Raeford caulked and painted. JD & Billy finished the siding on the front and side of the house, leveled floor in living room & installed luaun in kitchen & baths.

More week Seven - Most of the trim work was put up & painted. Matthew helped the guys from Pilot with the front porch rails. Brooke did some painting. The bathroom countertops were installed. Lounette visited with Shealy and did some sweeping. Travis helped with the luaun so we are ready for vinyl flooring.

Pilot Baptist Church came on Thursday. Back row-Rev. Kevin Byers, Yates Murphrey, Chuck Kremer, Clyde Davis & Jesse Murphrey, Front row-Alice Jones, Clara Murphrey & Elaine Lewis, & Me
They puttied nail holes, painted molding, doors and doorframes, installed some vinyl on back of house, installed vinyl porch railings on front of house, installed doorknobs, and did cleanup work. Elaine helped me put up a Coke wallpaper border.

Week 6-A Week of Painting

On Monday morning we started by wiping all the walls with a damp cloth and then finished all of the priming. The rooms were then painted in several different and pretty colors. The Mcleod's finished all the walls while we were at NCBM training.

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Scrapbook credits:

Daniela Peuss - DIVA

http://danipeuss.blogspot.com/

Week 5- May 5-10

As usual I am still behind on posting to this blog. We are actually working in week 7 and I am reporting on week 5. I hope to get week 6 posted in a day or two.

This week Billy,Travis, JD & John worked on the vinyl siding. I even learned how to cut it. Trey worked hard on the sheetrock & finished on Saturday as promised. I'm just glad we did not have to do that job.

Connie & Brooke did clean-up. Bryan & Sharon came on Saturday. Bryan helped with siding and Sharon put in window jams.

Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men. Ephesians 6:7

April 28- May 3

For the week of April 19-26 Billy & I were at Operation In-As-Much in Momeyer, Fort Caswell for the NAMB Disaster Relief Roundtable and Laurinburg for NCBM training. David, Frances, Chris & Lori, Sam & JD worked on the house while we were gone. The outside of the house was wrapped, the windows installed and the insulation completed. Sheetrock was delivered on Tuesday & we got to play with our new toy, the sheetrock lift. We were helped by Carey, Mark, Frank, Raeford, Sam, Terry & JD. Sam hung the front and back doors and we started the vinyl siding. Dean & Matt worked on the HVAC. Tanya helped JD with the siding. Bert & Lounette from across the street cut and raked grass.

Scrapbook credits:
AWP-Lily
A Work in Progress
http://vicki20.blogspot.com/