It was a great day at the work site. The first day of these builds is always exciting with the new houses rising from their foundations.It's pretty spectacular—the day begins with slabs and ends with structures.
I actually got to do some real construction work today. I’ve been going to builds for 20 years, but I’ve always had some sort of leadership role that kept me busy behind the scenes. Today I built, and I have a whole new level of respect for our faithful volunteers—I came home exhausted!
All of the houses but one had their walls raised and their roof trusses set by the end of the day—the Amish, always over performers, had their roof decked and felted.The one exception was house number two, my house.We got the walls up and the roof trusses laid out, but we didn’t have them set. But we’re a bunch of old timers and we’ve grown beyond feeling competitive. We will have our work cut out for us tomorrow—we’re hoping for some young folks to come and help.
It’s been a whirlwind of activity here in Indianapolis and the build week hasn’t even gotten started!The Fuller Center Board of Directors held its meeting Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.We are blessed with an outstanding board of solid folks who are dedicated to the mission.
Here's a video blog recapping the great events that happened this summer, filmed from the final Bike Adventure build in New Orleans by our own Kelli Yoder. The scraping sound you hear in the background is the non-stop stirring of butter and flower in a deep cast iron pot to create a roux for the etouffe we enjoyed later in the evening. This whole weekend was pure Louisiana!
When we first announced our Haiti initiative, our long-time friend and counselor, Edgar Stoesz, wrote to urge caution.Edgar has a long history with Haiti and knows first hand the challenges of working there.He counseled us to move deliberately, to engage local partners carefully, to assure that Haitians were at the forefront of the effort, and, above all
Things are heating up across the country and around the world as summer finally settles in.Houses are going up and being rehabbed; the Bicycle Adventure cyclists are on the road and The Fuller Center for Housing is hard at work.
It was a great day at the work site. The first day of these builds is always exciting with the new houses rising from their foundations.
It’s been a whirlwind of activity here in Indianapolis and the build week hasn’t even gotten started!
Things are heating up across the country and around the world as summer finally settles in.