Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Grace Church of Chapel Hill (NC)- AUG 2010








Grace Church brought a wonderful mixture of volunteers to HH2G... There were young and old alike, and a few FAMILIES! Serving others together as a family can be an awesome experience. It can create strong memories and bonds that remain throughout a lifetime. It was a great experience to host such a team!

Half of the crew from Grace Church finished up several projects at Mr. Desoto Bobby Jackson's home, both inside and outside of the house. The team was privileged to experience the act of handing over the keys of the house to the homeowner, Mr. Jackson.

GREAT JOB TO ALL TEAMS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED ON MR. DESOTO BOBBY JACKSON'S HOME!!! There is no way that the full amount of gratitude for your hard work could be expressed. Know that you participated not only in rebuilding a home, but in deeply touching someone's life with the love of Jesus.
The other half of the team worked at the home of Pastor Green. HH2G did most of the rebuilding of Pastor Green's home, and returned to continue the work. The team painted the outside of the house, as well as laid tile in the house, complete with a small mosaic :)





















First Presbyterian Church (CA)- JULY 2010










After a year off from HH2G, First Presbyterian Church returned to New Orleans with fond memories of their previous visit, and an eagerness to make more memories this visit. It's wonderful to welcome familiar faces back to HH2G- and we were privileged to do so with this crew, right down to a young lady who experienced her first trip to New Orleans back in 2007!
The crew of First Pres. worked hard to return Mr. Desoto Bobby Jackson's home to a functional state. With skilled workers to lead and non-skilled workers to fill in where necessary this team accomplished much! This crew accomplished so much that the next team was able to finish most of the work left in Mr. Jackson's home!

To the team members of First Presbyterian of Santa Rosa (you know who you are ;), it's always a pleasure to host and work with you. We look forward to seeing you all again!










St. Vivian Church (OH) - JULY 2010







"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention," so says Kahlil Gibran. St. Vivian Church faithfully commits acts of kindness and compassion by sending teams twice a year, and has graced our presence with teams a total of 6 times! That's right, folks... 6 times! The past 2 summers Jeanne Shaefer has headed up a team of young volunteers from the St. Vivian youth group. This year was no different. Upon arrival, HH2G staff gladly welcomed several familiar faces as well as a few new team members.

The beautiful thing about this team is that regardless of who is on the team, they perform whatever tasks are asked of them, and they do it with infectious joy and love... I've even heard of them serenading the homeowners as they work!

This July the St. Vivian crew scraped, primed, and painted the home of Frank and Nikki Brown (picture of home before painting is above). This team pressed hard to finish the painting job, and succeeded! Check out the action shots above...

Sweet Summer Fun

(Ahem)...After a rather long reprieve from blogging, HisHands2Go is back in action with updates on our summer happenings. We've had some extremely hard-working teams, sweet fellowship, and wonderful experiences with the homeowners. Check out the next few postings for specifics on the teams we were blessed to work with, and the homeowners they were privileged to work for!

Much love to ya,

HisHands2Go