Our Both Hands project took place on a beautiful, fall Oct. day in CO. The weather was just perfect for working outside with highs in the 60s. At the last minute God blessed us with all the workers we needed – 17 adults and 8 children. Our project manager split everyone up into 3-4 work teams. The teams were efficient in completing their work. By the afternoon, a number of the workers had to go home but we still had enough of us to finish the last project, which was to paint the newly repaired fence. We were able to get all the work done before the weather changed and brought a few sprinkles of a rain shower.
Suzi, our widow, and her boys were incredibly appreciative of all we did. The boys kept saying of the new play area that we built, “I don’t like it, I LOVE it!” At the end of the day, Suzi hugged all of us and said a wonderful prayer of blessing for us.
We are working on getting the video edited and hope to have it by the end of the week. My sister and bother-in-law are using a computer program that is new to them to put it together.
One thing we experienced is that God provided in unexpected ways, through people that we didn’t know. And through people we do know. We were grateful for last minute food donations to the project and as stated above people who agreed to come at the last minute. Also our church gave a donation to help pay for the building materials – this was a huge relief!
We also want to thank everyone who has so generously donated to our Both Hands Project. The money raised has significantly contributed toward fulfilling the rest of John’s adoption costs and making his homecoming a reality. So far the project has almost generated the amount needed to for our $5,000 matching gift. Our goal is to raise another $3,000.
Enclosed are some still shots of the beginning of the project…we will upload the video when it is completed.
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