The end is in sight! I just realized how that sounds... like we're glad it's over, but it's quite the contrary. Ken and Marie are probably glad that we will soon cease our barrage on their privacy but I think that those of us that have worked together at the house have established a fellowship that comes from serving together and will miss the camaraderie. As I mentioned yesterday, we all have endured some good natured ribbing, sometimes some heavy-handed ribbing, but all used our skills to contribute to the completion.

Speaking of ribbing, we're all the time "putting up with" Russell and his 'suggestions' but if we (I) had listened to him earlier today we might have been a little speedier! Russell, thanks for your help.

As you will notice from the photos, today's work saw the completion of the front of the house over the garage. It was tricky at times measuring angles, and lengths, and cut-outs, and making it all come out as nice as it did. We've teased our Director of Sawing, Frank, a lot on this project but he has done a wonderful job at manning the circular saw. (It looks like he and the Superintendent are performing surgery on that board instead of cutting it!) Frank, by your own admission there is one thing, though, that Russell and I can do better than you, Byron and Superintendent Ed, and that's climb scaffolding! Youth is on our side!!!!

Carol once again provided lunch for us today; very tasty, hot, homemade mini subs that she experienced on a recent trip to Iowa. She didn't know what they were called but she liked them and shared them with us today. We agreed and subsequently named them "Hawkeye Hoagies". Whatever you want to call them, they were excellent. Thanks again, Carol!

Tomorrow will mark our last work day. It will probably take us longer than we think unless we have many hands to help. We need to put up the trim on the back and sides, do some caulking, and finish up around the front door. I'll have some more photos and more thank-yous to blog about after tomorrow so check back here for my final post.

"Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means." --2 Cor. 8:11