Great Teams This Week

     1-Seneca Methodist, Seneca, PA plus Bob from Raleigh. Joining us for dinner was Rev. Wendell White from Mt. Moriah Church; 2-Region 4 Feeding Team (the three wearing aprons) plus Garner Baptist Rebuild Group; 3-Ann and the ladies have been attending Lenten Services on Tuesdays across the street at the Methodist Church. They have been enjoying the service and the lunch; 4-Hope Moravian Church, Hope, IN; 5-Seleah helped her granddad Don celebrate his 85th birthday; 6-Trinity Baptist, Raleigh; 7-Our leadership helpers this week, Joyce and Curtis Thrift.     The Seneca team installed a metal roof and then reframed another roof. Their church ladies make prayer blankets which they presented to the home owners. The Hope group did sheet rock finishing, sheet rock and floor repair, hung vinyl siding and then built a porch and ramp.  The other teams finished and built 5 porches and hung more sheet rock.

Due to a touch of the flu for Billy and bronchitis that turned into pneumonia for Ann we tried to stay away from the teams this week.  It was a pleasure to have Curtis and Joyce back to help with the operation again.  We both are feeling lots better now.  Hope to see each of you in Johnsonville soon.  Request for help is coming in faster than jobs being completed.

College Spring Break Week

  1-Ann celebrated her 60th Birthday with a strawberry cake; 2-The Immanuel girls still here; 3-UNC Charlotte BCM; 4-Deep Springs Baptist, Peachland; 5-Perlo-a favorite food in this area; 6-Mt. Vernon Baptist, Boone; 7-Sid & Bettyann Shearin, Littleton Baptist; 8-Larry’s back to do another story on the college kids this time; 9-Region 3 Feeding Team; 10-Eastern Baptist Association.     God again blessed us this week with two groups of college students willing to do what was needed.  With some good leadership they got a lot done. They insulated under three homes, installed under skirting , painted and hung sheet rock. At the end of the week the Eastern Association came down,  They built a back deck, removed two from another home and replaced them,  got almost all the flooring laid at Betsy’s along with painting the doors and trim work.  Deep Springs worked on a porch. The families in the Neck are happy for the help and they fed the teams lunch three days this week.  GOD is opening the doors for his people to spread the gospel.  I pray many will answer the call and sign up to serve in Johnsonville soon.

Progress Made on Three Jobs-Week of March 5

  1-Rocky Hock Baptist, Edenton; 2-Farmville Baptist; 3-Riverview Baptist, Greenville; 4-Chris The HVAC Guy from NJ & David Fuss-Billy’s right hand man this week; 5-Plymouth Baptist; 6-Region 2 Feeding Team; 7-Larry Hyde, Raleigh (Gaylon’s spy, I mean story writer; 8-A small group from Biltmore Baptist; 9-Immanuel Baptist, Greenville. Check out the story Larry wrote here:

https://www.facebook.com/ncmissionsdisasterrelief/posts/1077450068944846?pnref=story     When NCBM starts a almost total rebuild it seams to take forever until you start to see the completion nearing. These teams worked on 3 such jobs. Betsy Humphries, Lynn Marsh and Mt. Moriah Church.  Luthur installed a new water heater in the NCBM camper. Some installed the metal roof on Mt, Moriah while others removed the old windows and installed new ones.  The Riverview team worked at the Marsh home. They completed hanging the sheet rock and started the mud work. Chris Kerslake came down from New Jersey to help get the duct work mostly done. GOD as usual was good and sent a helper for Chris.

The work of rebuilding and sharing the Gospel continues.  Looking forward to many more volunteers coming.

Working On Ms. Betsy’s House

     Our volunteers this week; 1-Biltmore Baptist, Asheville; 2-1st Baptist Norfolk, VA & Calvary Baptist, Newton; 3-Bagley Swamp Wesleyan & Hertford Baptist, Hertford; 4-Macedonia & Williamston Baptist;-5-Reg 1 Feeding Team representing Cornith & Warwick Baptist. Not pictured-Christ Community Church, Pinehurst.     This is Betsy & her granddaughter that lives with her. This is Betsy’s house. Betsy walked in water up to her neck when the area flooded. She was picked up by a motor boat.   The Hertford, Bagley Swamp, Macedonia & Williamston teams spent the week laying flooring, installing cabinets, duct work, doors, trim work as well as plumbing, electric and painting.     The Biltmore team spent the week working on the Marsh home.  They completed the insulation, hung sheet rock and finished the electrical and plumbing rough in.  Tom spent several days at Mt. Moriah Church getting the sheet rock ready to paint.   Billy, Phil and Hollis laid flooring at the Lylery house.     The Bagley Swamp and Calvary groups removed and replaced the shingles on the Jones home.  The Christ Community group built a front porch for the Owens at their new home.   All the teams went out to eat at The Shady Rest on Friday night.

A Short Week

     We didn’t have any volunteers come this week until Thursday so it was a short but good week. 1-Ridgeway Baptist Church, Chandler; 2-Joyce & Curtis Thrift, Pittsboro; 3-Recovery ladies helping make sandwiches for lunch; 4-Austin Grove Baptist Church, Marshville and Union Grove Baptist Church, Monroe.     The Austin and Union Grove group worked at Mt. Moriah Church hanging and finishing sheet rock.  The Ridgeway group worked at the Richardson home.  They removed old floor decking, installed new floor decking and started the front porch. Joyce and Curtis came to do the cooking but Curtis also was a lot of help for Billy.

There are a lot of requests still coming in for help.  We believe GOD is calling for volunteers to come to Johnsonville and work with Him.  Hope to hear from your group soon.  Call Billy or Ann for available dates.

Lots of Work to Be Done in Johnsonville

     1-Tom came down to help out with Chaplincy; 2- The Region 8 feeding team not only cooked and cleaned, the guys also helped with electrical and flooring work; 3-Providence Baptist, Raleigh.  The Providence group split into smaller teams.  The teams worked on replacing wood slats on block walls so sheet rock could be installed and also rescrewed the ceiling sheet rock that had sagged due to a roof leak.  Another group did some touch up mud work and started painting Betsy’s home.  The final group installed a metal roof.

We are still getting new request almost daily.  Teams are starting to sign up but lots more help is needed.  Please contact Ann with your groups requested dates or sign up at NCMissions.org

Last Week in January & First Week of February

     The last week of January was very productive due to several groups of talented volunteers. 1-The Region 6 Feeding Team was led by Fred Simmons. 2-Most men know how to make a mess but Bob’s team from Elkin Valley did a great job of getting the Humpries site cleaned up along with doing several repairs to the house.  3-The Swannanoa team built two decks, a ramp and when it was raining they installed floor decking. 4-The Rockingham group stripped the roof and the other smaller groups finished replacing the shingles.  I believe Tom and Cal from Biltmore felt guilty for for leaving the week before to get home before the snow and ice started falling so they came back and started mudding the sheet rock.   Morris couldn’t make the 1st Biltmore trip so he came down this time to help do a little electrical work. Cal Jr. helped with roofing.      The first week of Febuary was few in numbers but all had servant’s hearts.  Since we had low number and no feeding team Ann did the cooking. Mark met a group in Sunset Beach to install a metal roof and complete another job. Three of them came to Johnsonville on Wednesday to install floor decking but then needed to return home.  Ricky and Mark came in Wednesday night and then helped Al and Josh almost finish the mud work at the Humphries house.  On Friday we had a visit from our leadership. I am glad to have Gaylon & Bill as leaders I can call on.

We are still looking volunteers for the next several months so sign up at NC Missions or give us a call.

Two Weeks in Johnsonville

     Week of January 10, 2016.  Our volunteers were from Calvary Baptist-Winston-Salem, Colonial Baptist-Trinity,  Mt. Vernon Baptist*Forrest City, Lee’s Chapel-Dunn & Reg. 4 Feeding Team. The volunteers worked on replacing a roof and started some ceiling repairs inside.  One team started the rebuild on a home by replacing the insulation and installing wall panels.  Another team started replacing flooring on a home.  On Thursday evening some of the ladies of the FBC meet to work on their blankets for their ministry.   Week of January 17, 2016: 1-Mark and Cheryl have agreed to help us with operations for a few weeks (hope they decide to stay);  2 John brought in another great cooking team from Region 5;  3-Billy, Cheryl and Ann doing admin stuff;  4-The Biltmore team-Looking forward to many return trips; 5-Bob came down to help access some of the possible upcoming jobs; 6-Everyone is happy to have good meals to start and end the day.     The Biltmore team as usual divided up.  Group 1 remove the shingle cap on a double wide and replaced the roof with metal.  Group 2 (and 1 until the frost left the roof job) fiished the flooring and hung drywall in a home.  Group 3 painted a house, installed a bathroom and started laying the flooring.

We have two teams coming the week of January 24. After that only 1 volunteer until Feburary 18.  Could use more volunteers for all of Feburary and March.  At this time we have 3 metal roofs and 1 shingle roof waiting to be done so inside repairs can be started.

Carolina & VA BCM On Mission in Hemingway, SC

      1-This week we teamed up with University of South Carolina, Francis Marion University, Winthrop University, & College of William & Mary BCM groups; 2-The students enjoyed interacting with the homeowners; 3-We had a great feeding team from Reg. 3; 4-After a long days work most of the students still had the energy to play games; 5-We had super crew chiefs that taught the students alot & an admin team that worked together well.     The college students helped kick off the NCBM rebuild project in South Carolina.  They helped reroof a home, build 6 porches, 3 ramps, level fill sand and clean up a lot.  Thanks to the students and crew leaders from North Carolina one home will now be dry inside when it rains, 2 ladies and 1 gentleman can now enter and exit their home on their own power instead of being carried in and out. And many days can be spent sitting on the porches thinking about the young people GOD sent to help them in a time of need.

The South Carolina and North Carolina rebuild project following the October 2015 floods is up and running.  Those interested in helping should call Billy at 252-885-2143 or go NC Missions for more information or to register.

We had two news crews to come by and do stories: College students helping to rebuild flood ravaged homes in Johnsonville and College students spend Christmas break helping flood victims rebuild

 

Serving God In The New Year

It's been a while since we left New Jersey and updated our blog.  The past 4 months have seen many hurdles for our family.  We spent a week in Johnsonville, SC following the floods.  Billy has made four trips back to NJ to finish up a job.  Ann has spent lots of time with family helping out while also enjoying home.  We had a great Christmas. Billy has been helping complete River of Life Church in Sunset Beach and doing planning work in South Carolina for a rebuild. He is now in the process of moving equipment and supplies into place for the rebuild that begins January 4, 2016.  Call, text or message if you or your group wants to plan a trip to help with rebuilding.  Be looking for weekly updates here.

Where will you serve God in the new year?