The First Two Weeks in Marble Falls

We are a group of seven couples with four being Canadians from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec and three couples from Ohio and New Mexico.

The fall MDS crew that worked at Delores’s house here in Marble Falls did a great job doing painting and finish work.

It took Pete and Jim three days to complete the work under the house

Jim was put in charge of the group to insulate the floor from underneath and tacking up chicken wire to hold up the insulation.

One corner of the house was a bit of a tight squeeze

Annette and Suzette assembled and nailed all the skirt framing sections

To keep the water pipes from freezing we added skirting around the base to meet the angled terrain.

The completed house for Delores

Half of our crew worked across the street on a home renovation for Debra and Wayne. This homeowner had received some money from FEMA to repair the house. As we got into the work of removing siding and wallboard we soon realized that there was a lot of rot problems with the frame work. The exterior got new Hardiboard siding and the porch area had the front door framing repaired and some of the drywall replaced. But there is only so much you can do with an old house and very limited finances to buy supplies.

Pete, Sherman and John put up the last of the exterior trim

Camp of the Hills Lodge



As the two homes were nearing completion the women had worked themselves out of a job. Warren, our MDS director asked the Camp of the Hills camp manager if they had any jobs for the ladies. The result of that question led to a clothes sorting job.

This camp is for inner city kids which often come with only one set of clothes. So Camp of the Hills collects clothes all year and gives them what they need for the week.

Deborah and Wayne had our whole crew including their neighbour Delores for a thank-you supper.