House Dedication

Marie had donated her old house and another lot to the Habitat for Humanity and today was the dedication for the first house finished.

Marie was arriving at the same time we did, they had arranged for her to be brought over for the dedication.

This is Marie talking with Jeannette who along with her husband Jim are who the house was built for.  Jim is a veteran who is disabled by a stroke so the house was built to accommodate wheelchair access.  They have been living in a 5th wheel without any hot water for the last three months.

 The foreman of the project from start to finish came over and talked to Marie for a long time, thanking her for the donation.

Vera and I estimated there were about thirty people there, a lot of them were people who worked on the house.  Local businesses donated lots of materials, I believe about eighty percent!

There were even donations to stock the kitchen and furnish most of the house.

I have posted other pictures here during the construction, it turned out pretty nice.  The business next door donated the landscaping to finish off the outside.  We are glad we got to go, it was nice seeing Marie so happy.