Greetings Friends!

 

Many of our friends have asked that we keep them posted on the progress on our home in Waveland. We figured the best way to do that was to chronicle the progress on a web page.  What you will see below is a day by day progression of the house, from what you see above left to what you will see when we are done.

Martie and I struggled with the decision to move into a house because we did not want to be distracted from the ministry to the people here.  Many of you have been a great encouragement to us and a great influence in our decision to move ahead. 

Not only is this house helping us get out of our trailer, we are walking the same path that so many other people on the Gulf Coast are walking.  In fact this may be the primary reason the Lord has given us this house.  Making decisions about materials, construction issues, permits, dealing with the uncertainty of labor is very challenging.  Imagine how difficult it must be for the elderly, widows or single moms.  2 Corinthians 1 says that God is the God of all comfort, who comforts us in our affliction so we can comfort others.  Our desire is that this house will enhance our ministry to the people.

	The pictures are from newest to oldest
Our Home for the past 12 months
March 25 Closed in the Porch	We now have a table to eat at!
Feb 5 - Final Touch	Martie asked me to make a sofa/bench that would fit around the lounge in our living room
Before	After
Jan 31 - Final Inspection Completed
	We Passed! Thanks to all who helped ...
Jan 28 - Bathroom Tile Finished
Tile Team
Jan 26 - Ready for Final Inspection
Jan 24 - Finish Siding, Plumbing, Electric
Jan 11 - Sealing the Grout and Painting the Trim
	Giving Jerry a Pathfinder Shirt Job Well Done!
Dec 31 - Grout Floor - Finish Cabinets - Install Trim
	Last Nail in Base Floor Molding
Dec 29 - Install Cabinets - Lay Tile & Grout - Painting
	Laying the Last Tile
Dec 25 - Christmas morning at Pathfinder
I fixed breakfast	Our Christmas Tree ... Katrina Christmas Tree
	I found this bulb last Christmas. It was lying in a ditch in the midst of other debris.  I don't know why it survived but I picked it up and put it in my truck box.  Yesterday when our mom encouraged us to put some kind of tree up, we found a holly bush and cut a branch off.  It was cold and raining so we both got soaked.  Martie added a garland and I remembered that little red Christmas bulb.  Notice the water line on it.  We plan to keep this bulb as a reminder of God's power, loving kindness and grace.  Next year it will hang in our little Katrina Cottage.
Dec 24 - Texture and Prime Coat
Dec 18 - Tape and Mud
Dec 10 - More Siding & Sheet Rock
Dec 08 - Vinyl Siding & Window Casing
Dec 03 - Scripture on the Door Posts	We are asking those who help us with our home to write a favorite verse on the wood framing.
Deuteronomy 11:18-21    Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the LORD swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.
November 30  -  Metal Roof is On!	Dry Wall & Vinyl Siding Next
November 29  -  Adding the Metal Roofing
November 28  -  Getting the Doors & Windows On
	That's fog ... not a blurry picture!
Day 6 ---- Nov 17 - Finishing the Roofing and Electric
Simple Job - Removing a Limb
	Ugh!   Or so we thought !!!!!!
But we recovered quickly ---  PTL
Day 5 ---- Nov 16 - Finishing the Framing & Plumbing
Day 4 ---- Nov 15 - Closing it in.
Day 3 ---- Nov 14 - Building the Roof
Day 2 ---- Nov 13 - Pouring the Porch
Day 1 ---- Nov 12 - Stripping the House Down