PROJECT EXTEND, ATLANTA, GA

Project Extend, Atlanta GA January 2 -10 2010

Going down south hoping to be warmer in January was not the case this year for 30 VIMers in Atlanta. We returned for a 2nd year to this great city to work for Project Extend, an organization that helps the elderly citizens of Atlanta with home repairs so they may continue to live in them.
Our host church was again Zoar United Methodist in Snellville GA, with our wonderful coordinators Terry and Sue Raymond. They are very active, to say the least, with Project Extend.
We worked on 4 homes while in the Atlanta area.
Home 1; needed a bedroom ceiling replaced, taped, mudded, and painted.
Home 2; Floors leveled, kitchen cabinets repaired, and other minor repairs and paint.
Home 3; New vinyl flooring in bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, hallway, and utility room. Of course there is the rotten sub floor and joists to contend with. Screens repaired and replaced. A new door put on, plus all the trim and finish that goes with it. Even helped the homeowner with her bible study lesson.
Home 4; This is the home the pictures are of. Removed and replaced exterior kitchen wall (14ft wide) and repaired rotted floor structure. Rebuilt front porch to support new roof. Built raftered roof over 2 flat roofs and shingled. Sheeting and siding on new walls. Removed and replaced roofing on existing roof. Replaced 4 windows. Dry walled new kitchen wall. Repainted most of the interior of the house. All this and more in 4 ½ days. Extreme makeover has nothing on VIM. We even show up in a bus.
We had a great bus driver from Southwest Bus Lines. Mark was just one of the group. He stayed, prayed, ate, and worked with us all week. Plus got us safely to and from Atlanta and the worksites.
It even snowed a couple inches on the last day, just for us Wisconsinites.