Dedication

Dedication, September 22, 2012

Well, we did it.  Five houses in ten days!

There's a lot of pictures here. It was a glorious day and I just couldn't edit the pictures down.

Enjoy!

 A look down the street at the build site.

The kitchen - finally finished!

 Gail and Aloha!

As part of the blessing, a helicopter dropped flowers on the new houses.

In the spirit of Extreme Home Makeover -- MOVE THAT BUS!
 

Watch the video of the actually house blessing!

 Aloha and her family -- Her daughter, son-in-law, and their four kids.

Aloha receives the deed to her house!

The folks that built Aloha's house got together and purchased some things to help her get started.  In one of the baskets are laundry products, and in the other basket are items for the master bathroom.

Curt and Gail presented Aloha and her family with a new sewing machine.  Aloha and her granddaughter expressed an interest in sewing again.  So, we helped her get started!
 

JD and Debbie presented the kids with new bicycles!

 JD and Debbie.

After the dedication, we had lunch and got together one last time

Five houses is ten days -- crazy?  Maybe. But all it really took was faith -- and a lot of hard work!
Overall there were over 1000 volunteers.  Some of them spend a day, others (like us) were there for the complete build.

We had high-school kids on Saturday -- one group of them can from about 50 miles north.  We had local companies announce they were closing the company for the day so that everyone could come out and work.  Many of the local restaurant brought lunch for us.

That's it for this year. Don't know where we will be next year, but I am sure it will be another rewarding experience!