Orange County, Texas

Volunteers dedicated to spending three months helping Orange County Texas Hurricane Harvey victims recover

Theme for the 2020 Project is "Sowing Seeds of Goodness" - Galatians 6:9

Welcome sign at the North Orange Baptist Church, our home for the next 3 months

 IConnect and Orange County Disaster Recovery are our partners

Ann from IConnect reviewing purchasing procedures

Organizing the kitchen/pantry trailer

Donated meat from Midwest Food Bank heading to the freezer

Unloading bunk beds to be set up in the dorms

Organizing the freezer space for the kitchen

Volunteers organizing the kitchen

Figuring out where all the pieces go in assembling bunk beds

Assembling the bunk beds in the women's dorm

Assembling the bunk beds in the men's dorm

First item up on the job board

Trailers set up outside of the kitchen and dining area of the North Orange Baptist Church

Women's dorm ready for volunteers

New portable salad bar toppings station

Footings were completed for George & LaDonna's new home this week

Apostolic Christian church congregations represented this week included: Bloomington, Bradford, Columbus, Congerville, Detroit, Eureka, Goodfield, Princeville, Rittman, Tremont, Washington

Installing flooring at Carol's home

Lots of trim and doors were painted at the Paint & Trim Shop this week

Footings being finished at Robert & Terry's new home

Before picture of Ricky & Becky's remodel project

Progress being made on the interior of Ricky & Becky's remodel project

Reassembling door frames requires excellent teamwork

Laying block at Robert & Terry's new home

Re-roofing Marie's home

Homeowner Kent helping to lay block on his own new home

Pouring the footings for Bobbie's new home

Removing all Jon's kitchen cabinets from the sea container storage

Installing new flooring in Jon's house with his son Blake

Bus filled with donated food supplies from Midwest Food Bank

Volunteers cheerfully serving in the kitchen

HarvestCall fleet of vehicles arriving, driven by Week 1 volunteers

Volunteers are encouraged to embed scripture verses within the walls of homes

Paint crew taking a lunch break at Jon's house

Homeowners Jason & Megan's children (Slade & Colt) from last year's Hardin County project, reunited with long-term volunteer from last year

Apostolic Christian congregations represented this week included: Akron, Bern, Bloomington, Bluffton, Congerville, Detroit, Eureka, Forrest, Lamont-Gridley, Latty, Milford, Princeville, Remington, Rittman, Sabetha, Smithville, Tremont, Wolcott

Sea containers are used to store building material

Building walls and hanging drywall at Ricky & Becky's remodeled home

Setting cornerstones at Bobbie's new home.  Mud has been our constant companion.

Framing underway at George & LaDonna's new home

Plumber preparing for new shower installation at Jon's remodeled home

Volunteers enjoying fellowship and a meal together

Kitchen ladies singing a song after dinner

Studying the cabinet layout before installation in Jon's remodeled home

Framing the porch floor at George & LaDonna's new home

Setting trusses at Robert & Terry's new home

Progress being made on Ricky & Becky's remodeled home

Dinner completed, ready for church services in the Wednesday Room

Drywall finishing at Ricky & Becky's remodeled home

Repairing the hole in the roof at Ricky & Becky's remodeled home

The framing crew at Robert & Terry's new home enjoying time with their great-grand daughter Suki

Setting the first gable truss at George & LaDonna's new home

Writing scripture on the inside of door frames prior to their installation

Re-roofing at Marie's remodeled home

Lots of progress this week at Robert & Terry's new home

Apostolic Christian congregations represented this week included: Bloomington, Congerville, Fairbury, Junction, LaCrosse, Mansfield, Mediapolis, Morris, Peachtree City, Prescott, Princeville, Rittman, Tremont

Installing sub-floor at Kent's new home

Electricians pulling wires at Robert & Terry's new home

Varnishing closet rods in the Paint & Trim Shop

Setting trusses at Tim & Brenda's new home

Homeowner Maria and her aunt joined us for dinner and singing

Starting each morning with a prayer before breakfast

Singing hymns after dinner

Embedding scripture within the walls of the homes

Homeowner Kent helping out on his own new home

Starting the roof sheeting on Tim & Brenda's new home

Installing flooring at AJ's home

Painting at Jon & Michelle's home

Food preparation in the kitchen

Volunteers packing their sack lunches

New Bible Study book for this year's project

Enjoying fellowship and sunshine during lunch at Ricky & Becky's home

Fun & relaxation after a hard day's work

Apostolic Christian congregations represented this week included: Bern, Bloomington, Cissna Park, Congerville, Eureka, Fairbury, Forrest, Goodfield, Junction, LaCrosse, Leo, Mansfield, Mediapolis, Morris, Peoria, Princeville, Remington, Sabetha

Enjoying fellowship and lunch at Ricky & Becky's house

Roughing in the electrical work at George & LaDonna's new home

Father & son hanging drywall at Robert & Terry's new home

Installing an new exterior door at Maria's home

Final touches on Jon's remodeled house

Wednesday evening worship service in the Wednesday Room at the church

Volunteers completing the lesson for the morning devotion on Becoming More Like Jesus

Progress on Kent's new home

Robert & Terry's great-granddaughter Suki watches progress on her new home from the window every day

Setting the roof trusses at Bobbie's new home

Finishing the electrical service at Ricky & Becky's remodeled home

Finishing the roof at Kent's new home

Installing new kitchen in Ricky & Becky's remodeled home

Homeowner Kent is a frequent visitor/helper on his new home

Fellowship after dinner in the evening

Installing flooring at Ricky & Becky's remodeled home

Kitchen made delicious coffeecakes for the volunteers

Final roof trusses being set at Bobbie's new home

Apostolic Christian churches represented this week included:  Akron, Bluffton, Bradford, Fairbury, Forrest, Junction, Leo, Mediapolis, Milford, Morton, Peoria, Princeville, Rittman, Rockville, Sabetha

Praying with Miss Judy, a local homeowner who stopped at the church looking for some assistance

Checking fluid levels in the vehicles before starting the day on Monday morning

Doing soffit work at Bobbie's new home

Finishing the drywall hanging at Kent's new home

Miss Judy and her newest friends

Paint & Trim crew making sure they have everything they need before heading out in the morning

Soffit and siding work at George & LaDonna's new home

Outside repairs at Maria's remodeled home

Final steps - Painting new shelving for Jon & Michelle's repaired home

Roughing in the electrical service at Tim & Brenda's new home

Framing touch-ups at Bobbie's new home

Volunteers visiting homeowner Brenda before heading back to camp at the end of the day

Finishing the siding at Robert & Terry's new home

Installing backing in preparation for hanging drywall at Bobbie's new home

Painting at Maria's remodeled home

Finishing the siding at Robert & Terry's new home

Volunteers building relationships with Robert & Terry's family

Building the front porch on Bobbie's new home

Apostolic Christian congregations represented this week included: Akron, Bluffton, Cissna Park, Detroit, Eureka, Fairbury, Forrest, Mansfield, Mediapolis, Milford, Morris, Morton, Princeville, Rittman, Rockville, Sabetha, Silverton, Tremont

Painting at George & LaDonna's new home

Thanking the Lord for His many blessings this week

Covering windows & doors before spray texturing at George & LaDonna's new home

Homeowner Kent helping with the siding on his new home

Serving breakfast to the volunteers at 7:00 AM each morning

Volunteers enjoying lunch and fellowship on the front porch of Robert & Terry's new home

Installing interior doors and trim at Robert & Terry's new home

Kitchen crew delivering coffeecake to the volunteers

Volunteers paused to sing for Brenda outside of her new home

Spray texturing walls and ceiling on a new home

Raising a set of assembled upper cabinets for installation at George & LaDonna's new home

Volunteers getting instructions on installing a new roof on Jim's house

Flooring installed at Robert & Terry's new home

Painting teamwork at George & LaDonna's new home

Taking a break to visit with homeowner Kent on his new front porch

Finishing the deck on Kent's new home

Electrical work at Casey & Kimberly's remodeled home

Helping the ladies celebrate Valentine's Day

Hanging sheet-rock at Bobbie's new home

Apostolic Christian church congregations represented this week included:  Bluffton, Congerville, Fairbury, Fort Scott, Goodfield, Lester, Mediapolis, Milford, Morris, Peachtree City, Peoria, Princeville, Rockville, Tremont and Washington

North Orange Baptist Church pastor Rusty, his family and homeowner Jon sharing a meal with the HarvestCall team

Thankful hearts praying that we can continue to Serve the Lord in Southeast Texas

Precision of a finish trim carpenter

Teamwork on display constructing the handicapped ramp at Robert & Terry's new home

Volunteers' noontime prayer with homeowner Robert outside his new home

Drywall hanging at Casey & Kimberly's remodeled home

Texturing at Ken's remodeled home

Installing flooring at Tim & Brenda's new home

New drywall in the bathroom at Casey & Kimberly's remodeled home

Final cleaning at Robert & Terry's new home, preparing for move in day

Completing the electrical at George & LaDonna's new home

Painting crew entertaining the volunteers with a new song that they composed

Assembling Violet's baby crib in preparation for move in at Robert & Terry's new home

Leave it Better Than You Found It - Fixing North Orange Baptist Church's kitchen refrigerator

Painting at Kent's new home

Hooking up the water main for Bobbie's new home

Drywall finish at Casey & Kimberly's remodeled home

Volunteers taking time to visit homeowner Brenda

Lunch and fellowship on the front porch of Kent's new home

Assembling door frames at the Paint & Trim Shop

Homeowner Tim & Brenda's friend Scott getting the keys to his new apartment

Apostolic Christian church congregations represented this week included:  Bastrop, Bluffton, Elgin, Eureka, Latty, Leo, Mediapolis, Milford, Princeville, Rockville, Sabetha, Taylor, Tremont, Washington and West Bend

Monday mornings start with FOCUS

Building the wheelchair ramp at Tim & Brenda's new home

Painting high and low at Kenny's remodeled home

Robert & Terry's new home completed

Precision cutting of a section of flooring at Kenny's remodeled home

Working high in the bright Texas sky

Installing the flooring at Bobbie's new home

Assembling furniture for George & LaDonna's new home

Homeowner Gary from the 2019 Hardin County project joined us for dinner

Kitchen ladies providing lighthearted entertainment after dinner

Presenting George & LaDonna with the keys to their new home

Lots of activity in the kitchen

Key transfer celebration at Robert & Terry's new home

Helping Jon & Michelle move the last of their furniture into their remodeled home

Volunteer giving a Blessing Bag and encouragement

Kitchen ladies formulating the plan for the day

Painting the ceilings at Bobbie's new home

Lunchtime prayer at Bobbie's new home

Painting doors & trim at the Paint & Trim Shop

Bonding over cleaning dishes after dinner

Apostolic Christian Church congregations represented this week included:  Bluffton, Detroit, Elgin, Fairbury, Forrest, Junction, Latty, Mediapolis, Morton, Princeville, Rockville, Sarasota, Washington and West Bend

Skim coating sheet rock at Bryan's home

Finishing trim work at Bobbie's new home

Setting porch trusses at Cecilia's new Rapido home

Mother/daughter drywall team

Celebrating with Ricky & Becky on the completion of their newly remodeled home

Installing counter-tops at Kenny's home

Flooring crew at Casey & Kimberly's home

Enjoying supper in the Wednesday room during a long power outage

Teamwork installing the upper kitchen cabinets at Casey & Kimberly's home

Siding installation at Alford's new Rapido home

Finish electrical at Bobbie's new home

Homeowners Casey & Kimberly joining us for a meal

Sharing the gospel with Kent while presenting him with his new Bible

Kent after receiving the keys to his new home

Bible presentation with Tim & Brenda at their new home

Painting the ceiling at Casey & Kimberly's home

Trim work at Kenny's home

Painting the living room at Casey & Kimberly's home

Kitchen ladies serving coffee cake to the crew at Alford's Rapido home

Apostolic Christian church congregations represented this week included: Bern, Bluffton, Elgin, Eureka, Fairbury, Forrest, Junction, Kansas City, Morris, Princeville, Remington, Rockville, Silverton, Washington, Winthrop and Wolcott

Packing sack lunches prior to starting the work day

Early morning devotion on Becoming More Like Jesus

Preparing the roller to paint the ceiling at Bryan's remodeled home

Kitchen ladies brought coffee cake to the painters at Casey & Kimberly's remodeled home

New floor, covering the old, at Bryan's remodeled home

Moving the new furniture into Bobbie's new home

Lunch break in the back yard of Maria's remodeled home

Cleaning & furniture assembly crew performing their version of a familiar song

Bobbie looking over her new home as she takes ownership

Final electrical work on Maria's remodeled home

Sheet rock installation at Alford's new Rapido home

Finalizing kitchen cabinet installation at Kenny's remodeled home

Installing upper kitchen cabinets at Maria's remodeled home

Scraping and cleaning the old floor in preparation for the new floor at Bryan's remodeled home

Taking an ice cream break at Bryan's remodeled home

Making the bed after delivery of the new furniture at Bobbie's new home

Apostolic Christian church congregations represented this week included: Bloomington, Bluffton, Bradford, Detroit, Eureka, Fairbury, Forrest, Francesville, Princeville, Rockville, Silverton and Washington

Message on the video board at the North Orange Baptist Church

Final cleaning before Maria's move into her newly remodeled home

Final finish of Bryan's remodeled home

Finishing the electrical at Bryan's remodeled home

Installing ridge cap on Kenny's remodeled home

Painting crew taking a lunch break at Bryan's remodeled home

Everyone pitching in to get the work done during the final week

Last day of cleaning at Maria's remodeled home

Turning the keys over to Maria's family in front of their remodeled home

Collecting trash at the end of the project

Singing to Kenny after he received the keys to his newly remodeled home

Delivering a ramp through a tight gate

Bryan receiving poster and blankets while taking ownership of his newly remodeled home

Final cleanup at the Paint & Trim shop at port

Disassembly and loading of bunk beds prior to exit

Lineup of vehicles prior to returning home

Orange County Disaster Recovery presenting a plaque of appreciation

In spite of canceled volunteers, all commitments were met and the project was still completed on time in Orange County Texas.  To God Be the Glory!!!