Today was our second work day and more progress was made; here is a brief summary of each of the projects:

Melrose Home –

All the repairs to the roof were completed, drip edge installed, tar paper laid, valleys flashed and shingles put down on the back portion of the roof.

Inside the kitchen, where the roof was leaking, repairs were made and painting was started.

The son (Junior) was taken to get some additional clothes and shoes for school and church.

Team on Melrose Roof

Smith Home –

The home roof was repaired and ready for roofing materials to be applied.

The work day closing with Mr. Smith, Melrose and Junior was the best part of the day. (The Smith and Melrose homes are right next to each other.) Mr. Smith wanted to make sure we closed the day with prayer when he talked with Bob. We of course did and it was good. Mr. Smith and Melrose are very appreciative of the work that is being done and what is being done for their families and it was good to see Junior laugh and share a little about his day.

Ford Home –

The re-sheathing was nearly completed and most of the dip edge installed. Tomorrow will bring application of the roofing materials.

The railing was nearly completed on the front porch.

Working on Ford Roof

All three teams were supported with students from Virginia Tech. We also had lunch with them where Dave provide them well rounded dinner selections of MREs that he had brought to “share”. The students were great to work with and really helped get progress done at each site.

The evening found us having fat Tuesday pancakes at the Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church (where we are staying). The pastor made sure we had plenty of pancakes and sausage before we left.

The evening closed with our daily work meeting, devotional and of course ice cream. Tomorrow is hump day and the team has worked very hard but still has much work in front of them. Please continue to lift the team in prayer, especially Alice who continues to not feel well.