Housing Development Alliance

(yes, that's a reference to the show "The OC." Love it or hate it, the lyrics are pretty relevant, I think.)

On Tuesday, Stone Church and First Christian of Bowling Green DOC switched worksites. The group of kids that worked on J. Miniard's home moved over to Defiance and our Californians moved in. Miniard loved having the ladies to talk to and they sure loved hearing her incredible life stories. The work group that was at the insulating a house at the Airport on Tuesday, began another project at the Perry Park. The kids at Defiance are helping our carpenters with roofing, and all is well with the world. Today was hotter and more humid than the past few days, so it was impressive to see young kids (most of them middle schoolers) climbing up and down the roof like it was nothing.

Both groups took Wednesday off to do their own thing. First Christian went white water rafting in Corbin and the Stone Church went to Cumberland Falls. I'm envious of both. However, almost everyone at Corbin got some pretty bad sunburns... Let this be a lesson to everyone, WEAR SUNSCREEN. Seriously.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it out J. Miniard's home today to check up on Stone Church. The car that I have been driving started having problems and I had to come back. I just have the best luck with our vehicles, I'll tell you what. Last summer I dinged up the new truck (my fault), busted our old van in a irrigation ditch (NOT my fault), and now this (hopefully, not my fault.) That being said, if you ever need someone to drive your new vehicle around, just give me a call. Just kidding.

Everyone seems to be having a great time. The Californians love the experiences they've had in Appalachia and the kids like to observe the scenery. Stone Church has been extremely interested in taking a tour of a coal mine, and it looks like they've planned one early tomorrow morning. That should be really fun! We're glad that they chose to fly all the way across the country to volunteer with us, and we hope to see them again in the future. The same goes for First Christian...just make sure to wear plenty of sunscreen, ok? ;-)

Oh, one more thing, I have been challenged to try and raise 500 fans on Facebook by the end of the Summer. That means I need YOU to help spread word of HDA and our wonderful cause. Pretty please? Housing Development Alliance is also now a recognized as a charity on the search engine, Goodsearch.com. Every time you make a search, a small amount of money goes to our charity. Try it out!