Dedication

We held a dedication on Sunday for the Watkins/Woodson Family. It was a great time, everyone was so excited for them! David and Natalie put well over 1000 hours of sweat equity, plus workshops and classes! It was a joy to work on their house, espeically alongside of them.

This past weekend, we were so excited to have the Home Builder's Association of Greater Charleston come out to work at House # 133. The first thing the group had to do was to shovel the snow off of the floor so that they could chalk lines then frame the walls of the house! They did a great job!

The recent weather has put a damper on our construction activities. I snapped this photo last week on a trip to the Dunbar site. We have since raised the exterior walls on this house. We were hoping to frame the interior walls today, but that didn't happen. It looks like we'll be delayed again tomorrow, as well. It seems like a small thing, that the weather has delayed us raising walls on this house. But to the partner family whose home we're building, one bad weather day that we can't work adds one more day to their countdown to home ownership. So to us it may seem like a small inconvenience, but to the homeowner it's huge.

It's times like these that we need to be remined of Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called according to His purpose." The phrase that jumps out in that verse is "all things". The Apostle Paul knew that good things worked for good, but he also knew that bad things worked for our good. There are so many accounts in the scriptures of seemingly bad things working for good - from Daniel in the den of lions to Jonah and the great fish.

One blessing is that we did have one house under roof by the time the winter got here, so we have had one place to work! And this house is very near completion! Special thanks to all the guys and gals who have braved the weather (and roads) to work on this house!

It has been quite a while since anything has been posted, which in our world can be viewed as a good thing...we're busy!

This past Sunday we held a Dedication for the Belmore family. It was a great dedication, and well-attended.

We have another dedication quickly approaching for the Watkins -Woodson family.

No need to worry, we still have more families in this great state who need a safe and decent place to lay their heads at night. We've started another one in Dunbar, and will soon begin work on another home in North Hills.