ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

The first thing you see when you arrive at ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME. Some one donated this rock and had it engraved. It's truly a beautiful entry-way stone sign..

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

The RV's which were
stationed 'down below'
in the hot sun... The
Air Conditioners got a
Real work out on this
team..

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Here are some more RV's which showed up for this team. We had to put them in 2 different locations, but it worked out really well..

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

This is Michelle Kincaid, the CEO of this ALPHA Christian Children's Home. She is one GREAT LEADER and a find Christian lady. She was a joy to work for!!!

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

A wide angle picture of the whole group at ALPHA. We had 23 on that team. FAR more than I had guessed we would have. God does wonderful things, all the time.. GREAT TEAM...

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Getting a great start on the PREP work, before starting to paint. This is KILZ that is being put on the bare spots.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

This shows the cut we had to make to take off the bottom 16 inches of the siding and replace it with new. It had wicked up a lot of moisture from the deck and had rotted out.. It turned out great, but that was a LOT of work cutting that siding off in a straight cut..

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Painting on a hillside and having to reach back for the guttering is not the most fun, but this lady did a marvelous job. This lady is Eileen Dolbee from near Benton, KS.. Great worker.. as are all of our VIMers.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

I was accused of NEVER
painting, so I had to make
sure that I got my pic taken
while painting.. :-)

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Installing a lift station in the basement of ALPHA house. Here we are installing the exit pipe and the vent pipe to the tank.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Hooking up the LIFT STATION plumbing into the sewer line. It was not near as nasty a job as we all expected to encounter. A fun project.. One we had never done before...

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

These are Charles/ Betty Allen's 3 grandsons. They came to work with us and we truly enjoyed them. The did some great work with us.. We all hope they will come on another team.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

And the painting continues. Note that we are painting in the shade. Heat index was 115 deg. almost every day.. Lots of painting got done anyway...

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

The curtain maker at work. She does do good work on those sewing machines.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Many lights had to have the ballasts replaced in them.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Much work being done on the outside AND the inside of FAITH house. Replaced 9 windows and trimmed them both inside and outside. Repaired a bunch of siding at the bottom of the walls. Prepped for painting at a later date.

ALPHA CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME VIM TEAM 2010

Our last night on-site we had a gathering with the children who live there. We snacked/ visited and played games with everyone. It was truly a spiritual evening and we got to know those children a whole lot better.