Concrete is in!

Friday Dan Jones came out and donated his time and materials to help put gravel in the forms so we wouldn't have to use to much concrete, and so we would have a good base for the concrete. Then today(Monday) just before 7AM Seth Aho and a bunch of guys that he called all showed up to volunteer there time to help us out. Then by 8AM the pumper and concrete truck where in place and the concrete was flowing. CALPORTLAND supplied the concrete at a discounted price(thank you). The Pumper was from Best West Concrete Pumping Inc. but was line up through Procrete Concrete Pumping. The pumping fee was at a reduced price as well(Thank you). By shortly after lunch they where all done. Seth even went all out and and stamped a texture in the patio area. These guys all worked so good together, I was amazed. Thanks for the awesome concrete surfaces that you gave our family.

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Painting

Thursday five painters with Krippner Painting Contractors Inc. showed up to start painting. They managed to paint the inside and out in one day, and that was with using eight different colors.

Sherwin-Willams donated the paint and Krippner Painting donated their labor. We are truly blessed.

Update 1-31-12

Monday my Dad picked up some supply's and then took off our pantry door and built the new door frame in for the expanded pantry. My brother Kevin stopped by to help out with the sheetrock installation and mudding and taping.

Today Seth Aho with Concrete Craftsman spent the whole day removing the old patio and getting it all ready for the new concrete. I was able to crawl onto his excavator to take out the old concrete and then I let him finish the rest. We used to have a gravel RV parking spot that lead to the back yard and the patio but the gravel was hard to get through with the wheelchair and it tracked into the house pretty bad, so having it all concrete now will be so nice. 

I first met Seth about a year ago through a friend of ours and Seth has become a big supporter of ours. I try to join Seth on Thursday nights when he and a small group of people go to Portland to feed the homeless. It has been a very rewarding experience. Seth is very committed to this ministry and really cares about the people and shares the hope of salvation with them. Keep up the good work Seth. Check out his page on Facebook at Communityembraced@groups.facebook.com

1-28-12 work crew

Saturday was a busy day at our place.

Nick Ritter owner of NTR Construction and Shawn Williams came out and finished the siding around the last window that finally came in.

A group of guys from my church came out to prep an area for some concrete and pull up some old carpet. I even had a couple of guys from the church that came out on Thursday to pull out some fencing.

Steve Akins came out to continue to mud and tape the Sheetrock.

Thanks for your hard work

Siding is almost done!

The Home Depot donated the lap siding which was around $2500. James Mattila with JXL Siding Inc. came out on Friday, Saturday, and today they should have most of it wrapped up. I used to have lap siding on the front of the house but now it has lap siding all the way around and it looks great.

Thanks for your hard work guys!

Sheetrock is on

Steve Adkins and Randy Woolliscroft came on Thursday and started to hang the Sheetrock and today they finished hanging it. Next is mud tape and texture. They worked hard and additions are always a challenge.