2013 Brad’s MLK speech
Brad doing his MLK for us one (last?) time on our last night in Mississippi, and thanks Gary for enhancing with the musical accompaniment..
2018 Return-We’re back, but there’s still a little more to come…
Saturday was a whirlwind. And we’re glad it was. It was nice to have a nice day where the team was all together, but all we could do was talk about the families we met. We cleaned up and packed up and prayed for Ryan, our host and very competent supervisor this week. Art, Ryan …
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2018 Travel Day-Early Departure, Arrival
LAX an early flight, and some early rising supporters met us/took us to LAX. Even Pastor Victor and Rocky joined us for prayer as we were sent off to Louisiana Flight On our flight, we met several folks that were curious about our cheerful and interactive group, and one flight attendant, Rayemanette, was very kind …
Tommy’s Reflections on our previous trips-Part 2
Tommy, team fixture This is part 2 of Tommy’s reflections on previous years. Part 1 can be found here 2009 – The Brad Holland story. The first two years we had a team of ten guys. This year we expanded to 21 guys. We also said goodbye to Yankie Stadium, a Biloxi city football field with …
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Tommy’s Reflections on our previous trips-Part 1
Tommy’s been on all the trips Tommy’s been on every one of the nine Relief Teams (he started without any grandkids and more black hair)… we asked him to take a look back … Peter asked me to write about the previous nine Relief Teams. I decided to try and do it by memory. You …
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Bittersweet weekend
Our Presentation This weekend, we’re having our Mission presentation at church, of which you’re all welcome. We know we’ll have plenty of video and posts in the next few days for those of you that are unable to attend. It’s Sunday (June 9th) at 1230 at the church.. Ron Unfortunately, it’s also the weekend that …
2013 Day 6 – Return (with photos and video)
Our last day was one of goodbyes. We bid farewell to our host family, the Wetzel’s and prayed with them (as well as Molly the Collie) and once again, they voiced their appreciation for our continued commitment to come back year after year. They restated that the door is always open to us. Mosaic Church …
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2013 Day 5 Summary
Weatherization at Samantha’s Home This really has come full circle. On the way to our last work site for the week in Gautier, we passed near the very first home we built in Mississippi. We had a few moments, so we drove by. It was nice to see it be part of a neighborhood, lived-in …
2013 Day 3-Summary
Itchy itchy itchy Another good day, this one at the home of Miss Peggy. Everyone here, is called “Miss…” We were running a little bit early, so we drove past the old Connor’s Gardens homes (where we had worked a few years ago). They’ve added storm shutters and gutters. Someone from Habitat said they were …
2013 Day 2-Video of the day!
Gary’s Video mastery has produced another video for you.. Another blessed day of work on the job site. Cut a little short due to continued rain but very productive day. The evening we were blessed at our worship time through sharing of testimonies, singing, and a communion sharing by Brad (our friend and supervisor from …