The first 3 days we worked, I, Verla was in the kitchen and Harv shadowed the construction super. I have been with the super and Harv since and Harv and I will continue to work to earn our CS position. We are praying we have the wisdom to do all the paperwork and keep the work sites humming along for our great team of hard workers.

The second house was a large garage. The family's home was lost to Rita so they finished off their very large garage for their home. Ike put 3 foot of water in their garage home and so now they are living in a FEMA trailer. It's been a huge blessing to us to help this very sweet family. They have taken such a one two punch.

Sept brought the next adventure. We left Parker on Sept 16 and arrived in Port Arthur TX on the 18th. We started work on Monday morning at 2 houses. This one had rain damage to the ceilings from a tornado spun off Ike. The roof has already been replace. The 2 bedrooms are about ready for paint by the end of the first week.

Sept brought a new adventure for us. We left Parker on the 16th and arrived in Port Arthur TX on the 18th. We brought 2 bad colds with us but they have been chased away by the warm humid weather. It's been very nice but warm. Not as hot as 2 years ago thank goodness. We got started right away on Monday. This is the first house. It was damage by a tornado spun off of Ike. The roof has already been replaced and our team is working on the ceilings that were rain damaged.

Our next adventures will include this boat. We traded one of the tractors for this boat in Iowa. We visited the folks and did the swap. Hooray we will be enjoying a few fishing days before we head out in Sept for Port Arthur TX. More later.

Two weeks later we left Tanana in the rain and left a little piece of our hearts with the people of Tanana as well. The picture isn't very clear but from the plane we could see the little village along the river a very long ways from everything (Walmart).

A few days later the smoke cleared and the view was amazing.

The first time we drove up a hill to the lookout the forest fire smoke was so thick this is what we saw.

One evening we went blueberry picking and made pies for the team. Notice the net over my head!!! It was the only way to survive the attack of the state bird!!!

We worked on the insulation damage to the under side of these raised houses.

Then on to the village of Tanana in a rather small plane.

Nasty floods on the Tanana River in Alaska brought us and our disaster response team to Fairbanks Alaska the middle of Aug.

We got to share in Hannah's first birthday too.

In July another bonas blessing when Suz and the kids came for a visit.

Camping and a boat ride with the grandkids.

We were hughly blessed by having Jeff's family come to visit and camp with us in late June. Are these the cutest grandkids ever?

Sargent Bluff is just south of Sioux City.

We arrived home safely but through a snow storm from California and just a few weeks later we drove to Iowa to work on a church building and visit the parents in Orange City.

Amy was the best at finding the big tourmline!!

San Diego county was inviting because we were able to go Tourmaline mining which was a hoot.

The boat ride to Santa Catalina and Avalon was amazing. I was so disappointed that Frankie and Annette weren't on the beach!!

Wow old Air Force one is really BIG

We enjoyed a little sightseeing fun as well.

We arrived home the middle of Feb. to enjoy a few days at home before we headed to California to Visit niece Amy and do a little remodel of her bathrooms.

We arrived home the middle of Feb. to enjoy a few days at home before we headed to California to Visit niece Amy and do a little remodel of her bathrooms.

Here is some of the work we did in Lake Arthur