Hi everyone,
This will be a quick update, just to let you all know what is going on.
We have had a hard week. It has been a long time since we have dealt with sickness, but this time it seems to have been our turn. We had a virus hit the family, starting with Charlotte. Rosa, Ethan, Brian, and Charlotte have had non-stop fever, coughing, congestion, and sore throats for a week. We are the four sleeping in the R.V. By the grace of God, the boys sleeping in the tents seem to have escaped this mess.
Brian and the boys started last Monday working for Eva. We worked through the week on her house. She was a flood victim and was fortunate enough to get help to get back in her home.
She still needed help with the exterior repair of her home. The roofing crew she hired after the storm shingled her porch without repairing the structural issues. We jacked up the structure and repaired the problems. She also wanted her siding repaired, but as her house is 100 years old, it made more sense to replace the siding than repair it. When the house was built, the siding was installed over open studs. Eva purchased the home in the 70's and has been paying huge heating and cooling bills all these years. We have been able to insulate and sheet the walls with plywood before the siding goes on.
Since Eva was to be out of town this week, we worked for Ed and Marcella this week. We have been doing trim and doors, cabinets and crown molding, and lots of details. They will be flying to England to marry their daughter next week., so we will work for Eva again.
As of now, we are planning to send Charlotte and most of the family home next week. Peggy's shower is on April 5. Brian will finish Eva and Ed and Marcella's projects prior to returning.
The weather has been great, however it has been a bit cool some evenings.
Charlotte is not too excited to return to cool weather and snow. Pray for warm rain and warm sun. We are trusting for better weather for early May for the wedding.
We will keep you all up to date.
In Christ,
The Haines family
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Crown molding and delicious weather
Hi everyone,
We had a very busy week with work. We have plenty of offers for work. We are very thankful for this.
Our first project was to put crown molding in a 3 year old house. It was not done upon the new contruction as a cost saver, but Lonnie and Lisa wanted it done now. It was an oversize 7 inch crown molding and it was very difficult project with angled walls and cathedral ceilings. They offered the work to 4 other contractors who never submitted bids. It was a challenge, but we were able to meet their expectations.
On Friday Brian repaired and repainted 2 large waterdamaged ceilings. They had the bumpy accoustical texture on them. The water warped the drywall and loosened tape. He wrapped the rooms in plastic made the repairs, sprayed texture and sprayed new ceiling paint. When the plastic off, everything was 100% clean. One of the rooms was the kitchen, one was a large bedroom. David and Susan's expectations were exceeded, and it was a blessing to serve them.
On Saturday, Brian and Andrew replaced a bathroom floor with ceramic tile and painted a bedroom for Ina. Andrew has become a tile pro and always offers to go on tile jobs.
It was a beautiful week, even a bit warm at time. One night our low was 63. It hit the mid 70's several times. We have needed to use the AC a few times. We have had a lot of sun.
On Thursday we were treated to dinner by Tom and Diana. Tom is the man who came up to Colby and deer hunted after having met us at CLCA. It was his dream to deer hunt up north where the deer are huge and the hunting is bountiful. We set up our camper for him to use for a week that time. They love our Colby cheese and the venison from up there. The deer here do not have farmland to fatten themselves and are basically scrawny.
We are so excited that North Ridge Colby has managed to set up podcasts on the website. Great job Kevin!!!!! We are able to stay up to date with the church as we are out of town. We encourage you all to check it out at northridgefamily.org There is a link to the Colby/Abby church. The church has goals to purchase land and begin seeking our own pastor. Pastor Gayland plans to help plant more churches. This is a very exciting time in the life of a church. Please consider being a part of history and participate with us at Northridge Colby, especially if you are not participating in a church at this time.
Plans for this week are to work for Eva, who is a friend of Essie, the lady we stayed with our first trip here. Eva has a list of needs including structural repair to a porch, jacking up a sag in the house and probably siding.
Ed and Marcella have committed to us finishing their home.
Charlotte and the kids will return before April 5, as Peggy's bridal shower is that date. Brian and probably one of the boys will probably stay in MS a couple more weeks to work hard here in the sun. Brian needs to be home in plenty of time to help get the house looking tip top shape for Peggy's reception.
We will be posting lots of pics, scroll down to the last couple of posts.
Thank you for reading our page. We appreciate you all.
In Christ
The Haines family.
We had a very busy week with work. We have plenty of offers for work. We are very thankful for this.
Our first project was to put crown molding in a 3 year old house. It was not done upon the new contruction as a cost saver, but Lonnie and Lisa wanted it done now. It was an oversize 7 inch crown molding and it was very difficult project with angled walls and cathedral ceilings. They offered the work to 4 other contractors who never submitted bids. It was a challenge, but we were able to meet their expectations.
On Friday Brian repaired and repainted 2 large waterdamaged ceilings. They had the bumpy accoustical texture on them. The water warped the drywall and loosened tape. He wrapped the rooms in plastic made the repairs, sprayed texture and sprayed new ceiling paint. When the plastic off, everything was 100% clean. One of the rooms was the kitchen, one was a large bedroom. David and Susan's expectations were exceeded, and it was a blessing to serve them.
On Saturday, Brian and Andrew replaced a bathroom floor with ceramic tile and painted a bedroom for Ina. Andrew has become a tile pro and always offers to go on tile jobs.
It was a beautiful week, even a bit warm at time. One night our low was 63. It hit the mid 70's several times. We have needed to use the AC a few times. We have had a lot of sun.
On Thursday we were treated to dinner by Tom and Diana. Tom is the man who came up to Colby and deer hunted after having met us at CLCA. It was his dream to deer hunt up north where the deer are huge and the hunting is bountiful. We set up our camper for him to use for a week that time. They love our Colby cheese and the venison from up there. The deer here do not have farmland to fatten themselves and are basically scrawny.
We are so excited that North Ridge Colby has managed to set up podcasts on the website. Great job Kevin!!!!! We are able to stay up to date with the church as we are out of town. We encourage you all to check it out at northridgefamily.org There is a link to the Colby/Abby church. The church has goals to purchase land and begin seeking our own pastor. Pastor Gayland plans to help plant more churches. This is a very exciting time in the life of a church. Please consider being a part of history and participate with us at Northridge Colby, especially if you are not participating in a church at this time.
Plans for this week are to work for Eva, who is a friend of Essie, the lady we stayed with our first trip here. Eva has a list of needs including structural repair to a porch, jacking up a sag in the house and probably siding.
Ed and Marcella have committed to us finishing their home.
Charlotte and the kids will return before April 5, as Peggy's bridal shower is that date. Brian and probably one of the boys will probably stay in MS a couple more weeks to work hard here in the sun. Brian needs to be home in plenty of time to help get the house looking tip top shape for Peggy's reception.
We will be posting lots of pics, scroll down to the last couple of posts.
Thank you for reading our page. We appreciate you all.
In Christ
The Haines family.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
A little geo caching
Hi everyone,
Things are really busy for us here.
After finishing Steve and Rebecca's siding job on Monday, we started working for Ed and Marcella. They are past customers. If you were reading our blog last year, you will recall that we replaced their carport after the storm. Shortly thereafter, a drunk driver crashed into their home at 2:00 in the morning, damaging their entry addition.
After this they decided to go ahead with adding a significant addition to their home. They have worked with several contractors along the way, and have had a bit of trouble. We spent the week doing hardwood floors, porcelain tile, doors and trim. Ed will be out of town this week, but plans to have us complete the work on the house when he returns. He has released the other contractors involved.
The boys have grown tremendously in their skills on this trip this year. Nicholas and Joshua installed the hardwood floor with minimal involvement from Brian. Andrew (age 9) did almost all of the cutting of the porcelain tile and much of the hardwood floor. Samuel also helped with the hardwood floor cutting. Our customers were amazed at the skill of the boys. We were able to save them a lot of money, we calculated the cost per square foot and we were one third of normal prices here.
On Sunday, we spent the afternoon with a family from CLCA who does the hobby geo caching. For those of you who do not know what this is, you use your GPS device to find a little hidden treasure. It was a lot of fun and it gave us a chance to enjoy a nice afternoon.
Tomorrow we will start doing crown molding in a nearly new house for Lonnie and Lisa.
We would like to ask everyone to join us in keeping Brian's mom, Carina in your prayers. She has been through a lot in recent times battling non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and now she has a case of pnuemonia. We continue to lift her up in prayer and trust for her improvement, may the glory be to God.
We will enjoy nice weather this week. It is a nice time of year here. We did have some nasty weather here a few days ago. We were woke up in the middle of the night by violent winds and hard driving rain. Weather. com reported 25 mph winds, but there were reports of 70 mph winds here. Edgewater mall received damage to their gates and windows were shattered. A car dealership in D'Iberville was severely damaged. About 25 houses received severe damage. It is believed that there was a tornado, but nothing official was confirmed. We were suprised by the winds as no warnings were posted. We prayed for safety for us and the boys. We are thankful that everyone was spared harm.
Please keep in touch, we enjoy hearing from each of you.
In Christ
The Haines Family
Things are really busy for us here.
After finishing Steve and Rebecca's siding job on Monday, we started working for Ed and Marcella. They are past customers. If you were reading our blog last year, you will recall that we replaced their carport after the storm. Shortly thereafter, a drunk driver crashed into their home at 2:00 in the morning, damaging their entry addition.
After this they decided to go ahead with adding a significant addition to their home. They have worked with several contractors along the way, and have had a bit of trouble. We spent the week doing hardwood floors, porcelain tile, doors and trim. Ed will be out of town this week, but plans to have us complete the work on the house when he returns. He has released the other contractors involved.
The boys have grown tremendously in their skills on this trip this year. Nicholas and Joshua installed the hardwood floor with minimal involvement from Brian. Andrew (age 9) did almost all of the cutting of the porcelain tile and much of the hardwood floor. Samuel also helped with the hardwood floor cutting. Our customers were amazed at the skill of the boys. We were able to save them a lot of money, we calculated the cost per square foot and we were one third of normal prices here.
On Sunday, we spent the afternoon with a family from CLCA who does the hobby geo caching. For those of you who do not know what this is, you use your GPS device to find a little hidden treasure. It was a lot of fun and it gave us a chance to enjoy a nice afternoon.
Tomorrow we will start doing crown molding in a nearly new house for Lonnie and Lisa.
We would like to ask everyone to join us in keeping Brian's mom, Carina in your prayers. She has been through a lot in recent times battling non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and now she has a case of pnuemonia. We continue to lift her up in prayer and trust for her improvement, may the glory be to God.
We will enjoy nice weather this week. It is a nice time of year here. We did have some nasty weather here a few days ago. We were woke up in the middle of the night by violent winds and hard driving rain. Weather. com reported 25 mph winds, but there were reports of 70 mph winds here. Edgewater mall received damage to their gates and windows were shattered. A car dealership in D'Iberville was severely damaged. About 25 houses received severe damage. It is believed that there was a tornado, but nothing official was confirmed. We were suprised by the winds as no warnings were posted. We prayed for safety for us and the boys. We are thankful that everyone was spared harm.
Please keep in touch, we enjoy hearing from each of you.
In Christ
The Haines Family
Monday, March 3, 2008
Habitat for Humanity
Hi everyone,
Just a quick update, it is Monday morning. We are coming to an end of several glorious days. It has been sunny and in the lows 70's.
Brian and the boys will finish Steve and Rebeccah's siding job today. They have added jobs along the way including a new patio door and entry and storm door.
Brian got a bit sunburned on Saturday working on their project.
The highlight of the week was a Habitat for Humanity project that we were involved in. A lady in the church here named Charlotte was qualified to receive a Habitat house, but she is nearly wheelchair bound an unable to do construction. The program allows for volunteers to fill your service hours, and that is where we came in.
On Friday, Brian, Nicholas, Pastor Pete and a lady named Linda joined up with several other local volunteers and partnered with a college group from the Pittsburgh area. Volunteers needed to be at least 16 years old.
When we arrived, the home had a floor and 2 exterior walls. When we left, the exterior and interior walls were built and the exterior walls were nearly sheeted. Another group worked on the house on Saturday and Charlotte's hours are now complete. She will now be able to progress on receiving her Habitat house.
On Friday night we decided to bless the kids and went out to a pizza/salad buffet called CiCi's, then went to the kid's favorite place, Chuck-E Cheese. It is a big arcade type place, with lots of fun for the kids.
On Sunday, we could not resist the nice weather and decided to eat by the beach after church.
An I Hop restaurant just opened recently, and we wanted to go there. There were long lines and no parking available, so we went to the new Wendys instead. Anyone want to make some money? .... Open a restaurant here on the beach.
We have been a bit lazy with the camera lately, but we will step it up for you.
We are in storm warnings for tonight, as is the whole mid section of the nation. It is 65 this morning, but this is a cold front coming through.
We miss you all back home.
In Christ
The Haines family
Just a quick update, it is Monday morning. We are coming to an end of several glorious days. It has been sunny and in the lows 70's.
Brian and the boys will finish Steve and Rebeccah's siding job today. They have added jobs along the way including a new patio door and entry and storm door.
Brian got a bit sunburned on Saturday working on their project.
The highlight of the week was a Habitat for Humanity project that we were involved in. A lady in the church here named Charlotte was qualified to receive a Habitat house, but she is nearly wheelchair bound an unable to do construction. The program allows for volunteers to fill your service hours, and that is where we came in.
On Friday, Brian, Nicholas, Pastor Pete and a lady named Linda joined up with several other local volunteers and partnered with a college group from the Pittsburgh area. Volunteers needed to be at least 16 years old.
When we arrived, the home had a floor and 2 exterior walls. When we left, the exterior and interior walls were built and the exterior walls were nearly sheeted. Another group worked on the house on Saturday and Charlotte's hours are now complete. She will now be able to progress on receiving her Habitat house.
On Friday night we decided to bless the kids and went out to a pizza/salad buffet called CiCi's, then went to the kid's favorite place, Chuck-E Cheese. It is a big arcade type place, with lots of fun for the kids.
On Sunday, we could not resist the nice weather and decided to eat by the beach after church.
An I Hop restaurant just opened recently, and we wanted to go there. There were long lines and no parking available, so we went to the new Wendys instead. Anyone want to make some money? .... Open a restaurant here on the beach.
We have been a bit lazy with the camera lately, but we will step it up for you.
We are in storm warnings for tonight, as is the whole mid section of the nation. It is 65 this morning, but this is a cold front coming through.
We miss you all back home.
In Christ
The Haines family
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Working in Ocean Springs
Hi everyone,
We are all well. Rosa is growing so fast. The kids are working hard on school and are all doing well on their studies.
Most of last week was spent on Jeremy's project in Ocean Springs. Work included final carpentry needed to start the metal roof and installing metal roof. The house is a 2 story elevated house with high ceilings and a metal roof. It is a nice situation for us as Jeremy is allowing us to come and go as it suits us around our other work. Jeremy will be in Duluth for the next month finishing his house there so it can be sold. We will be leaving about the time he returns.
Last week Steve and Rebecca treated us to dinner as we planned their siding and window project. This project is also in Ocean Springs 4 blocks from the beach. It is amazing that they sustained no flooding in Katrina as homes only 2 blocks away are completely destroyed.
As of this evening we have 5 new windows in and most of the soffit installed. Nicholas helped Monday and Tuesday and Andrew helped today. Tomorrow Joshua and Samuel will be put in the action.
On Sunday Pastor Pete and Pam treated us to a meal at a Mexican restaurant. They have been so good to us since we met them 3 years ago. Last spring Andrew went to Kid's Camp under Pastor Pete's leadership. The camp was sold out and we found out later that Pastor Pete slept on the floor so that Andrew could have a bed. He said he wanted to honor Andrew for sleeping in a tent for months to help Katrina victims. How's that for being Christlike?
We are on standby to help a victim who qualifies for a Habitat for Humanity house. The candidate has to perform community service hours but volunteers can perform those hours on her behalf, the way we understand it. We will know more soon, this may happen yet this week.
The nice weather we had has been followed by rain, but now wind and cold. It is windy and will be in the 30's tonight. This may be a blessing as the neighborhoods we have been working are infested with nasty biting gnats. They will hide if it is cool and windy.
On Monday Brian and Nicholas drove the Hwy 90 route along the beach from Gulfport to Ocean Springs to deliver siding. There is a lot of projects in process including fixing the highway. There is a lot of new curbing, resurfacing and work on the beach itself. There is a huge casino just beginning construction. There are some house starts and a Mc Donalds under construction to name a few. Traffic is up since the bridges are now open.
That's about all that is new here for now. Thank you for checking on the blog.
In Christ
The Haines family
We are all well. Rosa is growing so fast. The kids are working hard on school and are all doing well on their studies.
Most of last week was spent on Jeremy's project in Ocean Springs. Work included final carpentry needed to start the metal roof and installing metal roof. The house is a 2 story elevated house with high ceilings and a metal roof. It is a nice situation for us as Jeremy is allowing us to come and go as it suits us around our other work. Jeremy will be in Duluth for the next month finishing his house there so it can be sold. We will be leaving about the time he returns.
Last week Steve and Rebecca treated us to dinner as we planned their siding and window project. This project is also in Ocean Springs 4 blocks from the beach. It is amazing that they sustained no flooding in Katrina as homes only 2 blocks away are completely destroyed.
As of this evening we have 5 new windows in and most of the soffit installed. Nicholas helped Monday and Tuesday and Andrew helped today. Tomorrow Joshua and Samuel will be put in the action.
On Sunday Pastor Pete and Pam treated us to a meal at a Mexican restaurant. They have been so good to us since we met them 3 years ago. Last spring Andrew went to Kid's Camp under Pastor Pete's leadership. The camp was sold out and we found out later that Pastor Pete slept on the floor so that Andrew could have a bed. He said he wanted to honor Andrew for sleeping in a tent for months to help Katrina victims. How's that for being Christlike?
We are on standby to help a victim who qualifies for a Habitat for Humanity house. The candidate has to perform community service hours but volunteers can perform those hours on her behalf, the way we understand it. We will know more soon, this may happen yet this week.
The nice weather we had has been followed by rain, but now wind and cold. It is windy and will be in the 30's tonight. This may be a blessing as the neighborhoods we have been working are infested with nasty biting gnats. They will hide if it is cool and windy.
On Monday Brian and Nicholas drove the Hwy 90 route along the beach from Gulfport to Ocean Springs to deliver siding. There is a lot of projects in process including fixing the highway. There is a lot of new curbing, resurfacing and work on the beach itself. There is a huge casino just beginning construction. There are some house starts and a Mc Donalds under construction to name a few. Traffic is up since the bridges are now open.
That's about all that is new here for now. Thank you for checking on the blog.
In Christ
The Haines family
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Just work and school
Hi everyone,
We have just been busy doing work and school, nothing too exciting to share.
Danne headed back home and arrived safely. He traveled last weekend and had to endure snow and bad roads in Wisconsin.
Last week included working for several people. On Friday Essie hired Brian to drywall 3 ceilings in her home. She got new walls after Katrina but her ceilings were not storm damaged. She did not like the texture and look of those ceilings. Essie was our host the first year we came here.
On Saturday and Monday, Brian painted the entire interior of a 3 year old home that was sold.
Beginning on Tuesday he began work on a elevated 2 story home. He is subcontracting labor to a contractor named Jeremy. It is a 3300 square foot home on the Bayou. The customer lost their entire home in the storm. This week was spent doing carpentry on the roof system. We were going to start the metal roof today but we had heavy rain. We are expecting heavy rain tonight and tomorrow. They are posting a flood warning for the Pearl River, 1 hour west of here.
Jeremy is a contractor who relocated here after the storm from Duluth, MN. In fact he is returning home to finish a house that he built for his own family, but they never moved into it.
While it was raining, our entire family helped Pam, the church administrator sort and fasten 500 50 page church directories. We had the help of one other volunteer. We can be an army when you put us to the right task.
We are invited to dinner tonight by a couple who wants us to side their home. I can not remember a customer ever doing this before. MS is known as the hospitality state but this is new to us.
Hope you can find somewhere to put your snow.
We will post some pics when we can.
In Christ
The Haines family
We have just been busy doing work and school, nothing too exciting to share.
Danne headed back home and arrived safely. He traveled last weekend and had to endure snow and bad roads in Wisconsin.
Last week included working for several people. On Friday Essie hired Brian to drywall 3 ceilings in her home. She got new walls after Katrina but her ceilings were not storm damaged. She did not like the texture and look of those ceilings. Essie was our host the first year we came here.
On Saturday and Monday, Brian painted the entire interior of a 3 year old home that was sold.
Beginning on Tuesday he began work on a elevated 2 story home. He is subcontracting labor to a contractor named Jeremy. It is a 3300 square foot home on the Bayou. The customer lost their entire home in the storm. This week was spent doing carpentry on the roof system. We were going to start the metal roof today but we had heavy rain. We are expecting heavy rain tonight and tomorrow. They are posting a flood warning for the Pearl River, 1 hour west of here.
Jeremy is a contractor who relocated here after the storm from Duluth, MN. In fact he is returning home to finish a house that he built for his own family, but they never moved into it.
While it was raining, our entire family helped Pam, the church administrator sort and fasten 500 50 page church directories. We had the help of one other volunteer. We can be an army when you put us to the right task.
We are invited to dinner tonight by a couple who wants us to side their home. I can not remember a customer ever doing this before. MS is known as the hospitality state but this is new to us.
Hope you can find somewhere to put your snow.
We will post some pics when we can.
In Christ
The Haines family
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tea time
Hi everyone,
We have certainly been staying busy. Sorry it has been a bit since we posted.
Last week we did tile bathroom for Maureen.
On Saturday, Brian completed Jeff and Lori's railings. Also, Charlotte, Nicholas, Joshua, and Samuel went to Winterjam in Mobile, Al with CLCA. Artists included Skillet, Barlow Girl, New Song, Mercy Me, and several others. Charlotte drove a 15 passenger van for the trip. The concert sold out and the doors were closed directly behind their group. They were fortunate to get in.
On Sunday Jeff and Lori had us over to their home for ribs cooked on the grill. They served us in their backyard on the bayou. It was a very pleasant sunny afternoon. This was all during below zero temps back home. Wow, you have had winter this year. We do not regret traveling south like the birds do. We have had much nice weather lately, but last night and today were certainly cooler.
This Tue and Wed. Brian worked for Ina. Projects included installing a ceramic bathroom floor, peeling wallpaper, painting, and general household repair. Ina is our friend Susan's mother.
Last evening, Charlotte and Brian attended a missions banquet sponsored by Global Support Mission. It was an inspiring evening. GSM has been launched by some very young people from CLCA and has some very big dreams of helping orphans and others worldwide. They have already done some awesome things in Uganda and other places. They have installed new wells and helped orphans out of their poverty. There are many orphans in Africa because of AIDS and poverty. We were treated to a sharing time by a lady who has cared for 1500 orphans with almost no resources. If anyone wants to know more about this mission, let us know. It is great soil to sow in to.
We are planning to be very busy in the days to come.
We miss you all back home. Peggy, May 3 is coming!!!
Thank you to all of you who have been helping us.
The Haines family
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