Carole and Seaman

Carole and "Seaman", the Newfoundland that traveled with Lewis and Clark. We stopped at the interpretive center at the south end of Lake Sakakawea an hour or so south of Minot.

Excavated

The area for the addition has been excavated. They only plan to have a crawl space under the addition for mechanical installation and a heated space to help keep the floor warm.

Helping a member of Peace

These signs are all over the area letting everyone know their intent. When they move back they tape over the word coming. This home had 42" of water above the main floor. When we arrived all the drywall had been removed, all new electrical and insulation had been installed. We hung drywall on the ceilings and walls, taped and finished the home ready for the owner to paint. I know just enough to be dangerous and the Mission Builders that went with me, well they got hands on training for their first attempt and when we were done, we barely had enough drywall dust to fill a small dust pan. Very happy home owners!!!!

Rich, Jim, Roy, and home owner Karl. Steve took the picture

Hope Village

Volunteer groups from all over the country are coming to Minot to help in the rebuilding of the area after last years' flooding. Hope village is where the Orphan Grain Train organization has set up their camp for all of the groups coming to help. If you are not familiar with L D R and Orphan Grain Train. they set up a disaster camp with portable buildings for restrooms and showers, sleeping quarters and a dining tent complete with a full kitchen that can feed over 200 at a time. They also have a co-ordination office that qualify families for assistance from the group and then dispatch volunteers to do the work. All of the work the Mission Builders have done in flood damage repair has been assigned by the L D R coordinator. If you would like to get away from it all this summer for a couple days or a couple weeks, and help in this effort, email us and I will send you contact information.

A visit from synod assembly

The North Dakota synod assembly was in Minot this past weekend and they stopped by to see the project, a hole in the ground, and to listen to Clarence give a talk on who the Mission Builders are and what we do.

Relaxing with the crew

The crew is all here and this is our first official "Lutheran Hour"! For those new to the blog, it is a time to relax at the end of the day, and since we are all lutherans, it fits. Although it may not be for an hour and sometimes it is longer than an hour. That is Marlene showing off her skills at ladder golf, or redneck golf or whatever you call it in your part of the country.

Pre-construction work

Along with setting up the campground, we are also doing some pre-construction work. We are removing the brick so it can be reused on the front of the new addition and the outside entrance needs to be removed so the excavation for the addition can begin.

Most of the campground will be on grass, which is great when it rains. All that wonderful grass to the right of the camp is a local cemetery that the church helps to maintain.