Here are some more of the shots I took on the way to and from the build site. You would feel sorrow but also pride. Sorrow for the destruction, but, pride for the residents as you saw their strength in the coming together to help each other. Keep reading the entries after this one. You need […]
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   Here are tips on how to get to read the many short stories about the Extreme Home Makeover”s 7 houses in 7 days build in Joplin, Missouri. You can click onto the most recent entries to read them. Then you need to click “November Archives” and you will get a page with 5-6 of the […]
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To me this was the moment I was waiting for during over a hundred hours of work in a weeks time. Although I worked in 5 of the 7 houses and in the park that was created, this was the reveal I had to see no matter what.   The people you see getting […]
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Meet some of the people who really helped set the tone and spirit within the little white baby doll house. Tom was the main builder on this house. He is pictured with his wife Cindy. Their two sons worked on and in this house. Tom was noticeably putting in more hours than his sons. […]
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  Here are a couple more shots from the heart absorbing little white house with the pink shutters. Darren was the evening project manager on this house. He and I met at the build he helped do in my area. He has become a great friend and a man on a mission to help […]
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When I went to my first painting assignment I partnered up with Doc and Deb. We painted on of the bedrooms and I got to meet and talk to this great couple as my week in Joplin began. Wall-e was the lead painter for 3 of the houses and seemed to be in more places than […]
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Many people from my area have asked me about what the path that the tornado took through Joplin looks like now.  Here are photos I took as I traveled from my hotel to the build site. The first pic is one that caught my heart when I saw it, and I really don’t know why. […]
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I just thought you might like to see the progression of the Gonzalez-Ely Family’s front porch. Sometime many hands are fun to watch.
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Thought you might like to see how everyone as able to work through the evenings. The lights were on all night and many times you only realized it wasn’t daytime was by walking outside the lights  or you suddenly noticed the sky was no longer blue. The first picture was taken from the registration tent which […]
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Here are some more night time pics.  I am part of the crew that are raking out the dirt so the sod could be put down over the next 2 days. I enjoyed doing more than just the painting and the night shifts under the lights made you feel like night time hadn’t come.Â
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