Housing Development Alliance

We here at Housing Development have quite an array of staff vehicles. Ranging from an ancient GM Van that smells like a barnyard, to stock-piled Carpenter trucks, to an abandoned Toyota, and finally to our brand new Ford pick-up. Since I started working here, I have contributed a few minor dents to the pick-up, as well as put the van in a coma for a while. As you can all imagine, my driving abilities earned quite the reputation. However, my luck changed yesterday morning, when we found our nearly-forgotten Honda heavily banged up in the parking lot. At first we thought someone might have tried to break in (which got us pretty excited for a little while). Turns out, our secretary, Tonya, moved the car and forgot to put the parking brake on. The car then slid off the pavement into the river below it, causing some pretty hefty damage to the front. When it was finally towed out, the back bumper was demolished too. And thanks to that mishap, my incidents are now old news. Phew.

We are currently working on building a new house for a man named Lonnie Maggard, and this is what the project currently looks like. Now, this might come as a surprise to both St. Joseph's and Pilgrim Fellowship who helped to establish the foundation, but were unable to witness its development.Central Presbyterian glady took up where the last groups left off, and helped raised the walls and hang the studs. Second Presbyterian (from Little Rock) were then able to get started on the roof. Now the house looks almost done, and I couldn't be more excited. This is the first house that I've seen constructed all the way through.

Central Christian and Second Presbyterian may cringe when they think back to those long hours spent raking rocks at the Airport community, but we promise that it was time well spent. Without that tedious task, a nice green lawn would not be possible. Although you might not see green right now, North Shore Presbyterian (from Wisconsin!) just finished covering the field with straw and grass seed. It just needs some time to grow. You got time, right?

Anyway, it's been a long day of paper work and typing, so I'm off to take a final group photo of North Shore. Blog you later!

-John.