Our Strong Tower: week 85

Monday, February 24, 2014

week 85

This weekend most of us focused on getting ready for landscaping. The rest of the group focused on getting the interior of their homes done.

Debbie's house driveway done.

Andy and I covering up the pipes for the sprinklers.

Leticia's house: volunteers painted the outside of her home. Deena and Jacob helped out by doing the pavers in her driveway.

Carlos and Jackie's home: sprinkler system installed and finishing driveway pavers.

Robert, David, and Paul working on the trenches on Robert's home.

John working on putting our baseboards in.

Dave helped us out by putting some door knobs on.

Our bedroom

Hannah's room

Debbie's living room

Sprinkler system going in on Debbie's home

Naty worked on painting her front porch.

3rd bedroom in Alfredo and Naty's home.

Deena's fence is going up between her home and garage.

Lupe's laminate was finished. Sal and Lupe's Uncle worked hard to get her laminate in this week. Thank you for all your help.

Patricia touching up the paint on the exterior of her home.

The mess John made in our living room

Our front yard ready to be planted.

Steve and Maria's front yard ready for plants.

Jackie caulking her front porch.

Leticia painting her back gable of her garage.

Her brother- in -law painting the back gable of her house.

Andres and Luisa home. Ready for carpet.

Steve and Andres working on grading Andres' front yard.

Carlos grading his front yard.

Sprinklers in Debbie's front yard.

We are so close to being done. I finally believe we could be done in March. YEAH! This morning I am working on getting my finally weekends of childcare set up. We have been blessed to have many great friends and family watch our kids. I never had to worry about if the kids were being taken care of this whole time. They have done many things they would not have done, if they were to have been with us. However, I look forward to waking up one Saturday morning in our new home and not having to go work 10 hours.

The last 85 weeks have been hard and we have missed so many things. However, through the hard times I have grown to depend more on God.

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Jeremiah 29:11-13

11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Please pray for us as we work to finish our homes

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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.