Kevin on June 11th, 2008

Sheetrock that is. The progress continued today at the DeJean house with the arrival of additional materials, including wall studs, floor joist lumber, windows, and sheetrock. The size of the early group seemed to double this morning as more of the volunteers wanted to get an earlier start. Once at the house, work began promptly [...]

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Kevin on June 10th, 2008

I’m not normally an early riser, but this morning I woke up around 4:30 AM just excited to begin the week. I tried to sleep a little more, but couldn’t really manage to make myself go back to sleep. I did stay in bed until about 6:00 AM, then got up and had breakfast. The [...]

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Kevin on June 8th, 2008

After I landed in Houston, I found out that I was worrying for no reason. My co-workers were very understanding and had all left in one of the vans and left the other one for me. I made the two and a half hour drive from Houston to Lake Charles, LA alone and arrived at [...]

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Kevin on June 8th, 2008

The day started off great. I got packed early and got to spend some time with my wife Kristin and my son Tyson. Rather than drive to the airport, we decided that Kristin and Tyson would drop me off at the Doraville MARTA Station. That way we could avoid airport parking fees and Kristin would [...]

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