Hurricane Matthew Rebuild Lumberton August 19-25, 2018

1-Biltmore Church, Asheville; 2-Region 6 Feeding Team with Debbie and Paul; 3-Highland Baptist, Raliegh;, FBC Garner.

Number of volunteers were low this week but they all had a heart ready to serve. The Garner group did trim work and painted at the Washington home.  The Biltmore group completed the rough in’s at the Walker home and then went to Mt. Siani to work on electrical. plumbing and trim work. The cook teams continue to help Paul serve some great meals. The Highlands team completed the Jones home and then started the flooring at the Robinson home.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild August 12-18, 2018

David was in charge while we spent some time at the lake.  The Shiloh group was back for another week.  These young men really work hard.  Everyone was treated to Outback Steakhouse on Wednesday night. Wanda brought her team in on Thursday.  Don and Dave with Region 6 helped Paul cook.

This is what we did with our time off - WORK, WORK & MORE WORK.  Thanks for the help from good friends JE & Betsy Skinner and Sid and Bettyanne Shearin.

Hurricane Matthew Rebuild Lumberton August 5-11, 2018

1-Shiloh Truelight Church of Christ, Mint Hill; 2-Catawba River Baptist Assocation; 3-Branch's Baptist Church, Richmond, VA; 4-Littleton Baptist Church; 5&6-Sandy Ridge Baptist; 7-Region 4 Feeding with Paul and Debbie.

This week we had a lot of volunteers from young to senior and all came with a heart to serve and learn. The Shiloh youth had 3 adult leaders each day who taught them how to install insulation & subfloor and do roofing. They completed the sub floor in one house and stripped and shingled two homes. The Catawba group did trim work and wall painting at the Robinson home. The Branch group worked on final touch up at the Campbell and McKinley homes. The Littleton group worked at Mt Siani Church doing trim work, hanging ceiling tiles, doors and painting.  Sandy Ridge finished the subfloor and built walls at the Walker home. Although it was a hot and humid week the volunteers stayed at it and got lots of rebuild done as well as sharing the gospel.

Hurricane Matthews Lumberton Rebuild August 1-4, 2018

1-FBC Southern Pines; 2-JE & Betsy Skinner; 3-FUMC Laurinburg; 4-Front Street Baptist Church, Statesville; 5-Paul & Region 3 Feeding Team; 6-The Summit Church, Kernersville.

We had a short week. Teams didn’t start until Thursday morning. The Southern Pines group continued the final work at the Campbell home.  The Laurinburg team worked on completing floor tear outs on 2 homes.  The Front Street team hung sheet rock at the Washington house and replaced floor joists at the Pone house. The Summit group installed the floor system at the Walker home and worked at Mt. Siani Church installing ceiling grid and panels, painting, electrical and trim work.  It was a little extra work getting materials to and inside homes with all the rain but as always GOD provided the clear skies when needed.   Many thanks to The North Carolina Community Foundation for their donation to NCBM so more homes can be rebuilt.  A ribbon cutting was held at the Eady home by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency and thanks was given for all the work volunteers have provided.

Currently we have many weeks between now and December with no volunteers. If you are planning a trip give Ann or I a call.

Hurricane Matthew Rebuild Lumberton July 22-28, 2018

1-Gainsville Baptist, Lincolnton with Lisa, Ellie & Jackie; 2-Region 2 Feeding with Paul and Debbie; 3-Biltmore, Asheville;4-Region 2 Rebuild; 5-Mike & Ellie Wilhelm, Community Bible Church.

6-Rocky River Baptist, Siler City; 7-FlatRock Baptist, Louisburg; 8-Austin Grove Baptist, Marshville; 9-FBC Matthews; 10-Wanda & Friends, Kannapolis.

Very busy week in Lumberton. Lots of skill so lots of finish up work was completed. Finally got a replacement window for the Bostic home so it is now 100% complete and they have moved home. The V. Powell home is very close to complete. The flooring done and 95% painted.  It needs a little bit of plumbing and they will be ready to move in.  The Mt Saini Church fellowship hall is close to complete and then they will begin using it for services.  The Biltmore team spent most of the week at the Campbell home. They hoped to complete it but did not.  The ladies spent the week caulking and painting the trim work and doors put up last week. Finished rough in plumbing and electric on 2 homes and sheet rock is now being hung.

We got requests to start a few more homes this week so let us know when your team wants to come to Lumberton to share the Gospel and help families return home.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild July 15-21, 2018

1-Worship speaker for the week, Jonathan Yarboro, The Collegiate Partnership Team Leader, Baptist State Convention of NC; 2-Cutting grass at the FBC Lumberton Senior Home;  3-Carolina Mission Team - Wendell Baptist and Mauldin, SC Baptist; 4-Mauldin Baptist feeding with Paul and Debbie;  5–Christ Community Church, Southern Pines;  6-Bethlehem Baptist Church, Knightdale.

With a site full of youth the teams were divided up and set out on many different tasks. There were 3 roofing teams and they completed 4 roofing jobs. Another team installed flooring in 2 homes. A subfloor/joist team replaced bad joists and installed subfloor at the Robinson home. Two teams installed cabinets and did trim work on 7 homes. The final team spent the week cleaning yards and cutting grass. The teams did a great job reaching out to the residents at each of the locations they worked.

The Pyler job was the talk of the week. Two teams worked there to replace their roof while the other team worked inside repairing the kitchen floor and doing some cleaning. Their refrigerator went out about three years ago and they didn’t have funds to replace it. On Tuesday night the teams passed the bucket around and Wednesday morning they carried her a refrigerator and a window AC. Ms. Dawn was so happy all she could do was cry and thank God for sending this wonderful team to her home.

Hurricane Matthew Rebuild Lumberton - July 8-14, 2018

1-Irvington Area Churches, Indianapolis, IN; 2-FBC Mooresville; 3-Paul with Region 10 Feeding Team plus Debbie from Region 1; 4-Nightly Worship Time; 5-
Mark, Trinity BC, Raleigh.

We had two good size youth teams this week.  One group worked on the V. Powell home installing insulation, flooring and plumbing. Another group finished the D. Powell home and then moved up the street to install rough in plumbing on the Robinson home. A large group worked at Mt. Siani Church installing insulation, painting and framing doorways. The final group worked at the Leech home bringing it to almost move in stage.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild June 24-30, 2018

1-  FBC Swannanoa: 2- Community Bible Church, High Point; 3- Broad River Baptist, Blacksburg, SC; 4- Paul, Keith & Billy;  5- Broad River Baptist Feeding Team & Chef Paul.

We had many volunteers this past week. One large team and three small teams. Many homes were worked on. The Eady house in Fair Bluff was completed. The Deloris Jones home in now 90 % done. Just waiting on a door and HVAC. Rough in electrical was completed at Mt Siani so the team hung the sheet rock. Team finished the ramp and HVAC at the McComb home so it is ready for her to return home. Also the Larry Jones home is ready for him to return home. Most everything was completed at Doris Powell home. It will be completed next week so she can return home.

As said before another great week serving GOD. Please remember Sharron from Swannanoa in prayer. As they were packing their trailer Friday afternoon and calling it quits for the week she tripped in the yard, fell on her elbow and broke it. She will be having surgery next week when they get back home.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild June 17-23, 2018

1-Baptist Center Church, Clayton; 2-Highland Baptist, Raleigh; 3-Good Shepherd, Nativity & Emmanuel Episcopal, Raleigh; 4-Greystone, Raleigh; 5-{aul & Region 7 Feeding Team-; 6-Pole Creek Baptist, Candler; Not Pictured-Alan Harris & Michael Maragelis, Crew Chiefs and Christ Community Church, Pinehurst.

It has been another busy week in Lumberton.  We had youth and adult teams.  Some of the youth did part of the roof and finished the tear out at the Robinson house while the rest laid flooring, painted and hung cabinets at the Powell house which is almost ready for her to return home. Harold worked his electrical crew at Mt. Siani Church. The Pole Creek team finished the subfloor and plumbing at Mt. Sania. The Highlands team worked at completing the Moore house in Whiteville.  The next several weeks will be busy in Lumberton as groups continue to work and share the gospel.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild June 10-16, 2018

1-Region 6 Feeding; 2-Crew Chief Charlie and Electrician Don; 3-Biltmore with youth, Asheville; 4-Oakland Baptist Church, King George, VA; 5-Calvary Chapel, Greensboro.

6-Pleasant Grove Baptist, FuquayVarina; 7-McGee Brothers Construction & Shiloh Truelight Church of Christ, Monroe; 8-University Hills, Charlotte; 9-Roxboro Baptist.

We have been busy this week checking on teams and running for materials. As the pictures show we have had many volunteers this this. Nine teams, 93 different volunteers working at 16 different location. The Biltmore team has been working on the Bostic home and got it to a point so they could return home. The Biltmore youth team started finishing the tear out on another home, did yard work and cleaned up inside of three homes. Don finished up the electrical work on five homes.  The Oakland team worked on the Jones and McMillian homes and have both almost completed. The Calvary team painted and built a ramp. Pleasant Grove worked on painting and trim work at the Powell home as well as electric and plumbing at the Washington home. McGee team worked on framing at Mt. Sinai Church. University worked on the Eady home. The Roxboro team worked on the Jones home. David, Billy, Charlie and Ann stayed on the go all week.  Thanks to all who came this week to serve.

From a Facebook post by Linda Bostic:

Mr. Billy,

Maceo and I are so indebted to you, Ms. Ann, Mr. David, and all of the volunteers from California, Asheville, and other areas of NC who worked tirelessly to give us the home we could only dream about. Our lives have been impacted in a major way by the love, compassion, and generosity we have experienced. "Thank you" seems so inadequate to convey how grateful we are for all you have done for us. It's our prayer that God will continue to bless you all in a major way, give you the strength to do the things He has assigned to your hands, and provide for your every need.
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." (Matt. 5:16). We see it, and thank God for it!!!
We will never forget you!!