Friends.

John, Sam, and Chuck.

We have been blessed this week to have been joined by three friends, two old and one new, on the job site this week.

Chuck is from Iowa and worked with us last December and signed up as soon as he heard about our project. He will work next week with the Catholic Diocese here on the Gulf Coast and then either visits friends or find another place to work for a week. His construction expertise has been invaluable to us. It is a pleasure working along side of him and learning from him.

Sam is from Glasgow, Kentucky and worked with us before as well. He has excellent fine carpentry skills and brings a strong sense of fellowship to the work. He too worked with us at least twice before.

We are really excited that both of them arranged their schedule to be with us on this trip.

John is a “long term” volunteer. This means he is unpaid staff here in Vancleave. He is a professional carpenter and has been a big help in moving the project along. We have truly enjoyed his company on the site and look forward to working with him next week as well.