Wiregrass Hope | RV There Yet?

-we’ve wrapped up the second week of our SOWER project at Dothan Community Church! Today was our lovely “Saturday One”, and while sometimes we fill those bonus days with fun excursions and tourist-y things, today was all about bank statements, clogged shower drains, and laundry. Let’s face it, ordinary life happens even here! And we’re thankful for it! We have money in the bank to balance, the ability to take showers AND we have clothes to wash! Blessing abound!
Anywho – here’s a little update on our work. 🙂

The guys continued with the drop ceiling project.

So many rooms – so many squares!

Gary also hopped on his little rolling stool and got started on some outlets!

Isn’t that stool cute? And Gary too!
We ladies had a pretty light week. We were able to help out again at the Wiregrass Care Center (loved that!) and then we tackled an unusual assignment – cleaning out a plethora of 5 gallon paint pails so they can be reused and hopefully sold at an upcoming garage sale! (These are just from the primer coat. Pretty sure there is some job security here!)

There were also some boxes of toys and clothes that needed to be packed up to be sent to Africa!

By the end of the morning – we were in great shape!

So that was our week in a nutshell! The weather was a little rainy and cool so it was easy to stay inside and get the SOWER newsletter put together and focus on what on earth we are going to get those grandkids for Christmas! I even pulled out my box of Christmas decorations –

You just never know what Saturday Two might hold!

Our first week isÂ ‘in the books’ here at Dothan Community Church (DCC), and it was a good one!Â Here’s a little recap –
Monday we ladies started out with decorating the sanctuary and narthex for Christmas. No big trees here, just some tasteful seasonal additions to an already lovely space!

The guys, meanwhile, were working over in the new (large) addition, installing the lights in the main hallway.

Tuesday we joined the guys in the new building and starting sanding walls.

It wasn’t difficult – just trying to smooth out any roughness that appeared after the primer was applied, so we just spread out, and sanded away!

And the guys got startedÂ installing drop ceilings in the many side rooms.

Good job, guys!
Wednesday, well, Wednesday was a delight! Instead of picking up our sanding poles, we were driven to a local pregnancy center – Wiregrass Hope Pregnancy Center, where we were able to help with some basic care items – like repackaging diapers to be given away

or organizing baby clothes – also to be made available to moms!

It was a beautiful way to spend a Wednesday morning. This Care Center provides counseling, ultrasounds, connections to available resources, and all kinds of pre and post-natal care. We were honored to be included in their ministry!
Back at the new building the guys were continuing with that drop ceiling project – this time in a room with some crazy angles!

But of course, they were up to the challenge, and by the time we returned from our little off-site diaper counting, they were well on the way to wrapping up that room!

Thursday we ladies we back on sanding and clean-up duty

and the guys had moved to another (more rectangular) room!

So it was good first week on all fronts! The folks here have been so very welcoming, and one sweet member even gifted us each with a lovely pecan pie! We had sweet pie-eating community time each day as we shared in all that goodness!

Like I said – a very good week, indeed!
Hope y’all have a lovely weekend!