Constructors for Christ...Week THREE

We had an amazing week three with Constructors for Christ! This was the largest week of volunteers they have ever had...114!!! We were able to see the roof come to completion (on the volunteer side...the metal team will finish that in the next few weeks), the framing for the sanctuary really began to progress, the drive-through was framed and decked, electrical wiring was mostly completed, and we even saw sheetrock start going up! There were two youth groups involved in this week, and our boys just fell in love with them! They've always enjoyed hanging out with teenagers, so they made fast friends with these guys. Everyone was so impressed by what a great group of youth they were...loving the Lord, serving others, and very respectful of those around them. The youth guys stayed at our church and Ridgedale Baptist Church in Chattanooga was so generous in sending their disaster relief shower trailer for us to use along with a precious couple who stayed to man it all week...Thank you! We are so grateful for each of you who gave your time and talents to serve Christ by building here in Paris during week three! Thank you for being such a blessing to us...your work will have an eternal impact!


Day One...Monday

Framing on the drive through, laying the moisture barrier on the education building roof, framing in the sancturary and fellowship hall.
Day Two...Tuesday

The drive-through really took shape, insulation began to be installed and framing continued...I love this picture...a lot of the workers left their shoes outside so they wouldn't track mud into the church...it reminds me of the verse in Romans, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" To me, these shoes were beautiful!

The boys have been waiting three weeks for these snow cones! They usually come during their nap time, but they got to stay longer that day ;)

Day Three...Wednesday

I wasn't at the site during the day, so before church I went by to get a few pictures...I don't know details of all that was done, but do know that they installed these smoke walls in the rafters of the fellowship hall which was quite a job!

Day Four...Thursday

Sheetrock! The sheetrock installation began and really changed the look of the building and the windows went in also!!!
Ray asked Bennett to help him with the door prizes Thursday at dinner...I love this sweet picture!

Day Five...Friday

On Fridays, we work a half day, but during that time Corey and several of our deacons were able to get the bottom part of the front sanctuary wall in place...it doesn't look it, but it is 16 ft. high. Pictures are getting more difficult in the education side due to the sheetrock and insulation...there isn't as much light, but you can tell that the hallway ceiling was completed! And if you look back to last week's post, you can see the major change in the drive-through...it is basically ready for the metal roof! The entire education side is dried in and ready for the next group to sheetrock!

Happy Fourth of July!

Each year we have a Fourth of July party at our home for our church and also some of our family comes. It's become a fun tradition! This year the weather put a small kink in our plans...we normally have everything outside in the backyard, but since it had rained earlier in the day and it was on the radar to hit again during the time of the party, we moved the tables into our garage and once it started back we moved everyone inside. Even with the threatening weather, we still had a great crowd! It is such a blessing to live in America where we can freely assemble to worship and spend time with friends...I am so grateful for all who have sacrificed to make my freedom possible. Here are a few pictures...some are fuzzy because of the humidity hitting my camera lens ;)We always try to get a family picture at the cookout...this time, Caleb and Bennett decided to go get their pajamas on by themselves before we had a chance and before everyone left...check out the pj's they chose :)

Nanny's Day on the Boat!

Nanny was in town for the Fourth of July weekend, and we convinced her to go out on the boat! This was a big deal since she doesn't like the water...a grandmother's love will cause her to do many things she normally would not do! Thanks so much Nanny for a fun day on the water...and for our new haircuts! I look funny in this picture because I'm squinting from the sun, but I absolutely love it because it's so cute of the boys...had to post it!

Constructors for Christ...Week TWO

We had a wonderful week two group of Constructors for Christ! They made a lot of progress, and were such a blessing! One really neat thing about this group for me is that some of them were from Middlefork Road Baptist Church where my dad was pastor when Constructors built their first building! Corey and I were already married at the time and living in Centerville, so I wasn't very involved in the process, but I do remember walking into a beautiful building and being amazed that a volunteer group was responsible! I had no idea that seven years later they would be building a church where Corey and I would be serving! We are so grateful for each of the amazing volunteers God sent us last week...we even had one volunteer all the way from California..."Hey" from here in Paris to Tim's mom who has checked out our blog...hope you enjoy the pictures!

Day One...Monday

Week two Constructors got started on the decking for the front of the roof first thing Monday morning. They also began the tedious process of drilling the holes and installing the electric lines and plumbing! We were very blessed to have several volunteers who are incredibly skilled in these areas! Caleb even helped Mr. Danny Greenway install one of the pipes! Thanks for teaching him your skills ;)

Days Two and Three...Tuesday and Wednesday

I know that I can't be there to take pictures every day...and these were two such days...I was out of town. I feel guilty that I can't post pics from these two, but I did manage to play catch up the rest of the week! I was able to go by after church Wednesday night and take a few shots of some of our church members writing their names/verses on the walls, and this one picture with the clouds at night, I love! The metal workers (not volunteers, but doing an extremely dangerous and skillful job) got the metal on the front of the sanctuary, too!Day Four...Thursday

This was a victorious day! After two failed attempts, we finally got the last two trusses on the roof! I truly have a lot of respect for Ray Dilbeck...the first time it was one inch off and the second time only a half inch, but he wanted it perfect...so the third time was a charm! Bless the volunteers' hearts that worked so diligently to get these last two trusses completed and off the roof! They also began to get the duct work put in the education building!
Day Five...Friday

The building is really starting to take shape! The doghouses on the front of the education space make it look like a different building! We also began putting nailing the wood boards on the concrete in the sanctuary so that the walls could begin going up in there the next week!