Some Volunteers Leave and Others Come!

The MDS team that served together for the past two weeks came from Kansas, Illinois and Manitoba. We said our goodbye's to Fred and Mary, first timers to MDS who served for  2 weeks. It is always sad to have new friends leave but we look forward to 3 more couples arriving this weekend.

Another week has gone by. The first two days we worked in Corpus Christi at the #1 house finishing all the drywall, checking for clickers and finishing the window boxing with corner beads. Activity at our project continued to impress our director as he thought it would take until Wednesday to complete and we had it done by Tuesday noon. The mudding and taping will be done by a professional on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Then we will go and start the painting process next week.

The Coastal Bend Recovery Team is very pleased with the work of MDS. You can check their site  to see what is or has happened in the Coastal Bend area.
www.coastalbenddrg.org

Then to fill in our time this week we went to two homes (#2 & #3)  in Aransas Pass, which is only about 10 minutes away from our campsite. These two homes are for two sisters and are situated side by side. The  tasks required to do were to complete the window sills, door trim, baseboards, and cabinet counter-tops and closet shelves.

Jim and I did the door trim and baseboard on one of the houses, while Dennis and Joanne did the closet shelves and window sills, and Fred and Bob got most of the work done on the counter-tops in both houses. And others put on door knobs, caulked baseboards and helped where needed. Our four work days went by quickly and we accomplished much.

For our Friday breakfast our group met at JJ's Cafe. We enjoy the restaurants where the locals go. There are always points of interest like this Coastal themed wall hanging.

If you have lived in a warm climate you likely have learnt about sand spurs, or by other names like sand burs or buffelgrasses. They are plants of the grass family and spread their seeds via spurs. Very SHARP spurs. They stick to shoe laces, socks and pant legs and as you try to remove them they stick to your fingers. So don't walk barefoot!

This immature Ruby-throated Hummingbird has been visiting our feeder that we hung a short distance from our dining room window. It won't be long till he heads further south.