The project continued today at full throttle! We finished up the formal living room and put everything back in place after a full cleaning. What a great feeling to get one of the rooms completely done. The den area is getting close to being done but is still being used as a staging area for all our tools and supplies, so you can imagine how crowded it is! While we have had to make multiple trips to the hardware store for supplies, between Joe, Mike and Rodney, we have just about every power tool and gadget known to man! Boys and their toys - - it’s been awesome!!! Someone always has what you need to get the job done!
A new light was installed over the kitchen sink area, as well as a sleek new vent hood over the range. Ms. Bradley’s back door that leads out to the side/back yard area got a wonderful face lift with a new, secure jamb so that the dead bolt will lock securely. A brand new lockset was purchased and installed to replace the doorknob that was quite temperamental. This door project definitely wasn’t on our list, but we knew it just needed to be done! God is good!
The kitchen was definitely the biggest area of activity today. The prepping of the wall where the wallpaper was stripped off had to be skim coated and then sanded so we could get a smooth finish for painting. Drywall patching behind the hot water heater and wall cleats/supports were put into place, which allowed us to finally begin cutting the countertops to size. With those loosely in place, we were able to plan out the tile backsplash install that will begin first thing in the morning.
We enjoyed another nice lunch outside in the backyard with a few shenanigans going on. A packet of mini Oreo cookies were disassembled and reassembled as one giant stack of the cream and one giant stack of the cookies! Gage ate the tower of cream filling while Coleman ate the tower of cookies! With that sugar rush, they promptly ran around the back yard with Gage giving Coleman a piggyback ride!
A high point of the day (besides all the work getting done) was when one of Ms. Bradley’s neighbors came to her back fence to make sure she was okay. He had been seeing all the activity going on and wanted to check on her since they hadn’t seen her this week. When we explained that we were connected to her through our church and we were just helping her get some projects done in her house, her neighbor Mr. Graham exclaimed, “oh Lord, what a blessing you all are!” We are humbled and honored that we can be the reflection of God’s light!
The day wrapped up again back at New Life Church with another amazing meal and dessert by our cooking team. They take such wonderful care of us with all that they do each evening (and each morning too)! Words cannot express our feelings of gratitude to this amazing crew! With our full bellies, we wrapped up the evening in our Devotional time together where we reflected on scripture from John 1:1-9. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it”.
