Our Strong Tower: Week 73

Monday, December 2, 2013

Week 73

During the week, tile and rock were delivered, cabinets were installed on three more homes and the electrician started working on the first two homes. Wednesday, Debbie and I worked on getting the siding on her homes gable end. Debbie's friends, Shirley and Karen, came out to help caulk her front porch. Brandon and Patricia were out painting their interior doors. Alfredo and Naty worked on their home. Friday, many people from our group came out to work on their homes: Carlos, Lupe and Paul, Brandon, Robert, Maria, John, Debbie, and me. Shirley came out again to help Debbie. Debbie and I were able to finish her siding. Saturday morning we had a quick group meeting. We all went back to where we working the previous weekend. We continued with siding and porches. During first break Home Depot brought us coffee and doughnuts, because they made a mistake on our tile order. Thank you Home Depot! Everyone enjoyed the coffee and doughnuts.

Debbie's house John and Steve installing the railing.

Her friend Shirley painting her porch and window trim.

Evelyn's house: painting the siding.

Leticia's house: Jessenya caulking the siding.

Deena and I working on the siding

Carlos and Jackie's house: Jacob, Michael, and Paul working on the post collars.

Deena's house: Carlos and Andy installing the railing.

Robert's house: Robert, Luisa, and Wendy installing the siding

Rock for Debbie, Lupe, Steve and Mary, and Naty and Alfredo's homes

John and Steve working on Debbie's house

Patricia, Leticia, and Alfredo installing the siding on Steve and Maria's home

Cabinets in Deena's home.

Siding done on Steve and Maria's home

Leticia's house:

Lupe, Deena, and I siding the garage.

Brandon, John, and Steve installing the railing.

Leticia's brothers painting the inside of her home.

Debbie's railing done.

Robert and Maria's home at the end of Sunday.

Deena's home at the end of Sunday.

Leticia's home at the end of Sunday.

Leticia's garage

Andres and Luisa's home at the end of Sunday.

Evelyn's home at the end of Sunday.

Sunday started with us cleaning up all the lots for the grading to be done. We end our day with a meeting. Facio went over who needed what paint. The end is getting closer. Hopefully, over the next few weeks will finish up our outside work and move inside. I look forward to installing our tile and wood lament flooring.

Debbie got a lot accomplished this weekend on her home. Shirley came out all weekend to help get Debbie's window trim and porch painted. I know this helped Debbie a lot. Thank you so much, Shirley for coming out and help her. It was such a blessing to her.

Pray Requests:

volunteers will continue to come out and help us ( we have a lot of painting to do)
the sub contractors will work on our homes quickly and accurately
everyone will stay healthy and be able to work extra hours, so we can complete our homes soon.
Facio will feel better soon and stay healthy
we will finish our homes soon. I yearn to be back at church, to sit and listen to a sermon, to hear worship songs sang, and to fellowship.
Praise God for all that He has provided and continues to provide

Psalm 63

The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.

63 O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
²Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.
³Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.
⁴So I will bless You as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
⁵My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.

⁶When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches,
⁷For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.
⁸My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.

⁹But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.
¹⁰They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.
¹¹But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

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Home Ownership Program

We are doing a program through a organization that has been building homes in our area for 40 years. The program is designed to help lower income families buy homes. There will be a total of 24 homes built. The homes are divided into two groups. We are in the first group of twelve families. We work together to build all twelve families' homes. By the end of the process we will know our new neighbors very well. We are required to work 40 hours a week, split between two people. We do most of our work on the weekends. There is a contractor working with us to teach us how to build a home. We can not move in until all twelve homes are complete. It usually take one year to build twelve homes. We don't do plumbing, electrical, drywall, or stucco. We are the labor. The labor is our down payment down, sweat equity.

Deena and the Boys

Hi, I am Deena. I have four awesome young men (21, 19, 17, and 12). We have always wanted a home of our own. The place we are in was supposed to be temporary housing sixteen years ago. Now God is giving us a new adventure. We are going to build our own home and eleven others with our new neighbors. And God blesses us with neighbors who we already know! Jacob is my co-builder and my two teenagers will be helping as much as they can. God is always providing
for me when I least expect it. He is so amazing.

Where did this journey start?

For me, Tricia, this journey began with me wanting to own a home and God using this desire to grow my faith and dependence on Him. I have been trying to buy a home for 6 years with my husband, John. We tried many times to buy a home, but God always said no. A year ago, we finally decided to stop our search and learn to be content where God has us. God had different plans for us. In August, we applied for a self-help housing project. In October, we were accepted. I then told our neighbor (for 7 years) and friend Debbie. She applied and was accepted. In January, I told Deena a friend from church. She applied and was accepted. These homes are such a blessing. We sit in awe of what God has given us. We are excited to get started on the homes. God is our strong tower. He will give us the strength to build these homes.