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Location: Amherst, Virginia
Date: May 28 through May 31, 2008
Mission trip to Amherst, VA with the Virginia Mission Baptist Association. I helped construct a roof & at the same time made some new friends. Visit the Virginia Mission Baptist Association Website at: www.vbmb.org
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The parking lot at the church that I stayed at during the trip
The front of the church
Dedication plaque for the church
Another photo of the front of the church
Mountains out in front of the the church
The parking lot
The side of the church
More mountains
Some basketball at night before heading out to our project site the next morning.
The sanctuary where we had our morning devotions and evening worship services
We pose for a photo before departing for the job site
Arrival at the job site
The homeowner sees we have arrived
A photo of the van I rode in
Jerry & Wendy talking to the homeowner
Our crew chief Wade has one massive trailer with the tools needed to complete the job
Beginning to strip the old shingles
We are fully underway
I had to catch my breathe but I felt good though
Jerry shows us the electric slide up on top of the roof
Wendy Observes the working going on
Beginning to lay down the new lining for the shingles
I had to wave to Camille taking pictures from down below
Wendy is relaxing
I'm showing off my pose
Wendy gets bored and decides to take more photos of everybody
Bruce & Wade decide what to do next
It's me again
Lee by the dumpster
The other side of the roof we haven't stripped yet
Lunch time
A photo I took of the homeowner & the lunch delivery lady talking
The pile of old shingles
The tarps used to keep the shingles from hitting the ground
More old shingles
Betsy & Wendy working on stripping the old shingles
They are coming off
Finishing up work for day one
Mountains back at the church later that evening
My clouds photo
More hills and terrain in front of the church
The dinner buffet
Group photo of us taken with the homeowner in the center
Photo of me up on a ladder
Finished roof
Jerry working on board cuttings for the new bathroom floor we put in
Lee working on the new bathroom floor
Finished bathroom floor
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