MAPS RV Project - Teen Challenge, Dublin, GA - Feb 22 - 27

“, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

I Corinthians 15:58 NKJV

Time marches on, but our labor here continues through the month of March for most of us. We did have to say "until we meet again" to Roy. He added so much to our group here and was so very valuable in his labor. 

This past week was a busy one and the progress is so visible.

                 Windows getting trimmed.

             Siding going on. 

         Extension of the walkway overhang. 

   David Kincaid, Middle Georgia Teen Challenge Executive Director, lending a hand.

                   Trim painting 

     Georgie has dreams of painting.  I know she will be glad when she can say "finished". 

  Thanks to Jack also for his painting skill. 

Les finished pulling in the circuits and wiring up the panel.

Of course there was some time for fun. On Saturday a few of us gals visited the Cannonball House and the Hay House also known as "The Palace of the South". These homes are located in Macon and on this day the homes were "open house" which meant free. We love free. The homes were beautiful and we enjoyed the day.  I'm afraid the photos do not show the beauty, but here are a few. 

    Demonstrating how the yarn was spun and dyed 

The kitchen help. At the Cannonball House, the kitchen was separate from the main house which was typical in that day. 

The Hays House was built from 1855 to 1859 and occupied by three families, Johnston-Felton-Hay. 

I loved the stained glass. 

The "Four Seasons of the Vineyard" window.

  From the outside.....

    From the inside.  

 

I didn't get a photo of all the stained glass but each piece was impressive.

I also loved the chandeliers. 

       Note the bells. 

   One of the sitting rooms. 

   The great hall where art was displayed. 

  Huge pocket doors. 

Truly a magnificent home. 

MAPS RV Project - Teen Challenge, Dublin, GA - Feb 15 - 20

Spring has sprung and we had some beautiful days to get a lot of work done outside.  

    A couple of students helped too. Here, the flashing going up. 

   More facial board on the walkway covering. Also, I see another window has been installed and framed. 

At the same time, work continued on the inside of both the admin building and the dorm facility. 

Roy mudding. He is almost complete and will be leaving us soon. We sure are going to miss him. Don't know what we would have done without his expertise in drywall mudding. He has taped and mudded both buildings. 

Allan and Jack working on the plumbing. 

The tile is almost finished too. 

Mandy helping in cutting around the electrical boxes. 

 Drywall is almost finished.  

Georgie has been painting. This was a large project, but she has worked steadily for weeks. 

A few of us ladies have painted the siding. We are almost finished. 

Now for the fun time we had this past week. 

A few of us ladies visited a Dublin Museum. The museum is in an old colonial style house. 

The home was beautiful. 

One evening we went to Perry, GA to the rodeo. 

Waiting to get inside. 

We had great seats. 

Saturday evening a few of us had made reservations for a mystery dinner held at Museum of Aviation, Robbins AFB.  Murder At The Juice Joint took place in the 1920's and of course we tried to play the part too. 

    Al and Joyce

   Gary and Stephanie 

    Our table

    Molly Mal played her part well. 

    Al and Joyce in the running for the best dressed....

But it was Gary's night...

  Flirty Flapper giving Gary some clues of whodunnit. 

The setting was perfect for the dinner; amongst the Air Force aircraft of days gone by.  We had a fun evening!