So thankful for this season

Hello, Everyone!

I wanted to share a paragraph with you that Tish had emailed me regarding her home, so here it is:

"We are staying at the house on weekends and moving in a little at a time to keep the girls comfortable.  Dad is working everyday and Terry Stam has also been helping on Saturdays.  We are very excited and look forward to having everyone over after we are settled in the 1st of the year.  The house is looking great and I absolutely love it!"  ~~Tish Jackson

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving time with their family and friends. Also, I pray for everyone to have peace, love and joy during this Christmas time.

Blessings to all,
Melissa

Getting Closer to a Home!

Ceiling Boards Installed

     Today, Tish's helpers were Mike and Pam Reynolds, Eric Reynolds and Terry Stam.  They completed the ceiling in the Great Room. What an accomplishment!

Cutting Boards for Ceiling

As soon as the counter tops arrive, they will be installed so that Tish can move her family into their new home.  Estimated date of completion is sometime next month.

She still needs help finishing the back deck, as well as, building handrails and steps for the porches and deck.  If someone wants to take on this project, please email Mike Reynolds at scrubpad@comcast.net to let him know.

 

Tish, as well as, her family and Bob and I are all so very thankful to all the people who have continued working on the house. 

God is Good!

It's Fall, Ya'll !!! Progress Report

Hello, To All!

I hope you all are doing well and are excited to read the update on Tish's house.

Tish's father, Mike Reynolds and his friends, the Terry Stam family (12!), have been working diligently every chance they get, as well as, many others that I do not know about.  We thank you all for being faithful hands and feet for this project.

Tish, Cassidie and Ella hope to be in their house by the end of October!  How wonderful!!!

Looking at the kitchen area from the dining room

Currently, they are installing light fixtures and appliances.  There is still work to be done on the ceiling in the livingroom, the decks, the countertops, and the floors.  Above and below are pictures of the kitchen & dining room.

Same area, just a different angle

Cassidie and Tish have just returned from St. Jude's hospital for Cassidie's checkup for her leukemia recession.  The checkup went well!  All the major tests looked good with a few minor side effects to deal with.  They will go back every six months now for extra blood tests.  Tish and her family are very grateful and blessed to have such good results. 

They send out their thanks for all the help everyone has given and especially for your prayers during this season in their lives.  God bless them and keep them all healthy.

They still need help finishing up the house, as you have read above.  Please consider giving some of your time to help with this project.  If you can help, please email Mike Reynolds at scrubpad@comcast.net. 

God bless America ~~ Please remember all those who died ten years ago & their families they left behind on 9/11.

Tish's (Step) Father Has Passed

Our friend has lost his fight with cancer. Mike was a wonderful friend and will be missed by many.  He is at peace and in no more pain now.

Please keep the family in your prayers.

Follow this link to his obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tricities/obituary.aspx?n=wilton-hilt&pid=152624136

Mike Reynolds, Tish's Dad, Is New Supervisor For The Project

Mike Reynolds has volunteered to oversee the completion of getting Tish's house completed.  He told me that he has been there working on the house anyway, so it's no problem for him...Thanks so much, Mike.

Mike will need help!  Central Presbyterian's Carpenters for Christ will be assisting him as they can.  They will be working there on Monday, July 18, on painting some boards and maybe working on building a deck.  Please let me know if you can help on Monday and I will let Hugh Wise, Supervisor for CCC, know.

Please be in prayer for Tish's step-father, who has Hospice with him now.  This family is very strong and close.  Their faith is getting them through all of this.

Since the Church In Abingdon has not received any donations for the past few months and we feel that most of the materials, etc. have been purchased, I wanted to post a statement to show the contributions and expenses for this project.

Church In Abingdon – Mission Fund

						Apr 1 - Jul 15, 11
		Designated Donations
			Jackson Build Donations			12,630.00
		Expenses
			Mission Projects
				Jackson Build
					Dry Wall Finishers	800.00
					Electrical	406.15
					Materials	11,878.66
					Meals for Workers	237.62
				Total Jackson Build		13,322.43
			Total Mission Projects			13,322.43
		Total Expense				13,322.43
	Net Donations for Jackson Build*					-692.43
						*Church In Abingdon is using reserve funds to offset for the $692.43 shortage.

For those wanting to know about Bob Turner's condition:  On Wednesday, the doctor removed 29cc of fluid from his left knee and gave him a shot of cortisone in his right knee.  He has a torn meniscus in his right knee.  He will go back to the doctor on August 3 to see how he has improved.  It will be determined then if he will need out-patient surgery to repair the meniscus on his right knee.  He has been feeling much better since he received the cortisone.  Thank you for your prayers.

I'm Asking for Help!

Hello, Everyone!

I hope this finds all of you well and having a wonderful summer.

I am asking for someone to please take over finishing this project.  If you can oversee the project, please email me at ItsMelissaT@aol.com or call me at 276.356.5092.

My husband, Bob, is not going to be able to oversee it any longer.  He has hurt himself, evidently on May 10, when he fell off our office's roof while replacing it from the Glade Spring tornado of April 28.  He suffers now with knee pain and some back pain, along with no rest from the pain.  Progress on his healing has been very slow.  Please pray for Bob's healing.  Thank you in advance for your prayers. 

Regarding progress on Tish's house:  Central Presbyterian Church's mission group, Central Carpenters for Christ, has been working on Tish's house when time permits.  They have laid & grouted all the tile for the house (two baths, a mud room & the kitchen), assembled & hung all the kitchen cabinets, done some painting and probably more things that haven't been told to me. 

They, also, have been working diligently in Glade Spring with the tornado victims' houses and getting ready to build two Habitat for Humanity houses in Bristol this fall!  Wow!  Thank you, Central Presbyterian! 

Carpenters for Christ is a small group that needs more workers...If anyone would like to sign up to help CPC with the Glade Spring recovery efforts and/or with the Habitat for Humanity houses, please go to http://www.cpcbristol.org/ to get information about volunteering.  Their main focus now is to work on these two areas.

Bless all that are reading this for caring and wanting to help someone!

Small Group, But Large Work

L to R is Bob, Ted, Hugh, Bill & Terry

We had Central Presbyterian Church's Carpenters for Christ (the people pictured above in the red t-shirts) working on tiling the floors of the two bathrooms today.  Not pictured, were Dr. Sean Mullins and his son, Carter, also from Central, who assembled some of the cabinetry.  Bob and Ted built a small porch off the Great Room.  I had lunch detail and go-fer duties.

There is much to do!  The assembly of the cabinets is something that probably most everyone has done before if you've ever bought some type of furniture not assembled.  The ceiling boards need to be stained, which is much like painting.  There is usually a need for an assistant to one of the skilled volunteers.  So, anyway, if you have some time come on out and give a hand on a Saturday!

Bob and I will not be there next Saturday, but someone will be there to be in charge.

I will thank you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.  I will be filled with joy because of you.  I will sing praises to you name, O Most High.  ~~Psalm 9:1-2 (NLT)