Right now I am enjoying time with family. The break has been good so far, I started it out with a whopper of a cold, sniffles, coughing and the works. The bad news is that I spread the germs throughout the world by traveling through several airports. The good news is that the cold is all but gone away.
Trip Info. this trip will be a sprint compared to any other trip we have ever done. We will leave in the afternoon on Thursday, roll in very late and get up around 7:00 a.m. on Friday to go to work. We will work all day Friday and all day Saturday. We will leave after a devotional on Sunday morning. Please confirm you are going on the trip by Tuesday November 27.
Paul Sale and Larry Long have committed to going thus far. Aaron is rounding up a bunch of youth to go with us. We should have a fairly large group. I am excited about the return trip and look forward to going back to the area to help.
We are having a special contribution to help with the costs associated with the trip and to purchase equipment for the response team's future missions. The Lakewood congregation in Colorado has taken up a contribution for us(Community Response Team) and raised over $4500.00 God has blessed and we are humbled by all that he does for us. We are grateful for their willingness to give to this effort. As we assemble more of the team I will post more information. As I find out more information from Hilltop and others in the area I will pass the information along. Please be in prayer as we get ready to take the message of Christ to San Diego County one more time.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Home AT Last . . .
We rolled into Modesto tonight at 10:00 pm. A conclusion to the past couple of weeks helping people rebuild their lives. We arrived about five hours later than anticipated, bad planning on my part for not checking the trailer tires, a blowout on the R.V. etc. God took care of us and got us home safe and sound.
For those that are wondering the foot is healing very well. Most of the soreness is gone and there is no swelling. I have been trying to follow Doctors orders and stay off of it and I am taking my antibiotics.
Two items I wanted to mention about the Ramona Response:
1. At lot # 48 Krista found a nativity scene character fully intact and unblemished. It was a ceramic baby Jesus. The baby Jesus made it through the fire and arose out of the ashes to be used by its owner again. Jesus can endure in lives of everyone no matter what trial they are faced with.
2. At lot# 5 Christie Sipes found a ceramic cross in pristine condition and gave it back to Peter the friend of home owner. His comment, "The Cross survived, just like it has for all these years."
The reason we went to Ramona was to represent Christ. Christ was already there and working, I am glad he allowed all of us who were on the team to work for him for a few days.
Mark your calendars for the second weekend in December. If there is work still there, we will return to Ramona!
Buddy
For those that are wondering the foot is healing very well. Most of the soreness is gone and there is no swelling. I have been trying to follow Doctors orders and stay off of it and I am taking my antibiotics.
Two items I wanted to mention about the Ramona Response:
1. At lot # 48 Krista found a nativity scene character fully intact and unblemished. It was a ceramic baby Jesus. The baby Jesus made it through the fire and arose out of the ashes to be used by its owner again. Jesus can endure in lives of everyone no matter what trial they are faced with.
2. At lot# 5 Christie Sipes found a ceramic cross in pristine condition and gave it back to Peter the friend of home owner. His comment, "The Cross survived, just like it has for all these years."
The reason we went to Ramona was to represent Christ. Christ was already there and working, I am glad he allowed all of us who were on the team to work for him for a few days.
Mark your calendars for the second weekend in December. If there is work still there, we will return to Ramona!
Buddy
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Black Canyon Road, Ramona, CA Day 4. . .
Max cutting some I beam
Max, Tina and Edwina working
The Tide Trailer - free washing of clothes
Looking down Black Canyon ST.
Saving a carport roof to move to camp.
We had an awesome work day today. We went back to Oak Tree Ranch, where 41 homes in one area burned down. Everyhone of the homes in this section burned completely. Jewelery in boxes was reduced to molten metal. Dreams of the future there have ended and new dreams have to be made.
We finished our first job today. Mary Ann's house is now complete. Max, Arts, Paul and I joined together and cut the I- beam structure apart. We used a 14 inch gas powered grinder. It was indeed a manly job. Glen could not operate the heavy duty machine because he had on his girly looking capri pants. Max's pant caught on fire at one point, no real flame, just alot of smoke. Max had some hot pants on, Jeanette knows what I mean.
Shelley's lot is almost complete. We have about six more cuts on the I-beam and then we will be finished. We sifted more of her property today and found several former pieces of gold. Shelley is ready to move forward. May God bless her.
Sue's house is next on our list. I walked the property with her, she is still in shock as she looks around at what she thought would be her retirement home. Her husband and her have made some of the most beautiful landscape features I have ever seen on one small lot. There were water falls, plants park benches and many other items that made the place their dream home. Now they are looking at moving to a senior mobile home park in Ramona, in town, not in the country. Sue could not believe that we would do the work for free. She kept commenting, how much is this going to cost? She also would ask what the catch was. I told we were here because Jesus Christ had sacrifed life and blood for each of us, we felt it was the least we could do to clear a lot full of fire debris for his glory. She started crying and sobbing. She composed herself and said she knew Jesus and God, and knew that better days were ahead and someday she would be able to see the good God had brought to Ramona through all of this.
We actually got a referral today from a group of Chaplains with Billy Grahmn's Crisis Group. They had visted us earlier and came back with a job that Samaritan's Purse could not do. We will help a boy's and girl's club position themslves to rebuild.
We shower at night at the Maui shower. These showers come out of Minnesota. This is a big rig, full of stainless steel showers. Normally the cost is $5 for five minutes, we are using them for free. What a blessing to have a good shower at the end of the day.
Yvonne leaves us tonight for the airport, we will miss her useful therapy of massage, and her hard work behind shovels and wheelbarrows. We all prayed together, she cried and I had a moment of eye watering allergies. We have jobs to do for God tomorrow. Pray for Him to use us and for us to be willing to do it his way.
Buddy Gray
Max, Tina and Edwina working
The Tide Trailer - free washing of clothes
Looking down Black Canyon ST.
Saving a carport roof to move to camp.
We had an awesome work day today. We went back to Oak Tree Ranch, where 41 homes in one area burned down. Everyhone of the homes in this section burned completely. Jewelery in boxes was reduced to molten metal. Dreams of the future there have ended and new dreams have to be made.
We finished our first job today. Mary Ann's house is now complete. Max, Arts, Paul and I joined together and cut the I- beam structure apart. We used a 14 inch gas powered grinder. It was indeed a manly job. Glen could not operate the heavy duty machine because he had on his girly looking capri pants. Max's pant caught on fire at one point, no real flame, just alot of smoke. Max had some hot pants on, Jeanette knows what I mean.
Shelley's lot is almost complete. We have about six more cuts on the I-beam and then we will be finished. We sifted more of her property today and found several former pieces of gold. Shelley is ready to move forward. May God bless her.
Sue's house is next on our list. I walked the property with her, she is still in shock as she looks around at what she thought would be her retirement home. Her husband and her have made some of the most beautiful landscape features I have ever seen on one small lot. There were water falls, plants park benches and many other items that made the place their dream home. Now they are looking at moving to a senior mobile home park in Ramona, in town, not in the country. Sue could not believe that we would do the work for free. She kept commenting, how much is this going to cost? She also would ask what the catch was. I told we were here because Jesus Christ had sacrifed life and blood for each of us, we felt it was the least we could do to clear a lot full of fire debris for his glory. She started crying and sobbing. She composed herself and said she knew Jesus and God, and knew that better days were ahead and someday she would be able to see the good God had brought to Ramona through all of this.
We actually got a referral today from a group of Chaplains with Billy Grahmn's Crisis Group. They had visted us earlier and came back with a job that Samaritan's Purse could not do. We will help a boy's and girl's club position themslves to rebuild.
We shower at night at the Maui shower. These showers come out of Minnesota. This is a big rig, full of stainless steel showers. Normally the cost is $5 for five minutes, we are using them for free. What a blessing to have a good shower at the end of the day.
Yvonne leaves us tonight for the airport, we will miss her useful therapy of massage, and her hard work behind shovels and wheelbarrows. We all prayed together, she cried and I had a moment of eye watering allergies. We have jobs to do for God tomorrow. Pray for Him to use us and for us to be willing to do it his way.
Buddy Gray
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