Habitat for Humanity 2011 Report:  A Letter from Gary Cook

Hi St Luke’s Habitators,

Congratulations on a great day of construction last Saturday.  St Luke’s was extremely well represented and we got a ton of work done!  It tried to rain on us a little but this crew was not to be held back.

The house is currently estimated to be two weeks ahead of schedule.  I am so proud of you guys.  Several of the the Habitat staff approached me later in the day and commented on how St Luke’s people really had things together and worked so quickly and accurately.  Our six years of experience is paying off! 

Here’s the list of construction volunteers that came out to represent us: (let me know if I miss someone)

            Joy Pashby                             Bob Pashby

            Joe Lazarski                            Michael Lazarski

            Richard West                          Scott Grant

            Scott Beachy                          Tom Gress

            Mickey Burnup                       Frances Boesch

            Lynn Cook                              Shirley Siler

            Bryan Bumpus                        Kim Hall

            Russ Eitel                                Pat Eitel

            Patrick Eitel                             Jeff Roberts

            Linda Davis                             Mike Peacock

            Bruce Bigelow                         Les Montgomery

We also had a tremendous meal courtesy of the MOSL and WOSL groups with special thanks to Mike Fields and Elaine Gress for their coordination efforts including Lowrene Fowler, Jan Dugan, and John Van De Graaf who helped with delivery and prep.  I know there were many more behind the scenes so please accept our thanks.

Many of us had a chance to meet and talk with the the Mena sisters (pictured below, left and center,) who will be the owners of the house.  They were both there working the entire day.  They are two of the sweetest people you will meet.

From a financial standpoint, we are also making excellent progress.  Thus far, donations have reached $4,000 which puts us almost 2/3 of the way to our goal of $6,500.

Soooo, we’re now on the home stretch for this year.  We need to raise another $2,500 and the campaign will be complete. 

Thanks to everyone for your tremendous support.  This is such a blessing to these people, literally changing their lives, and helping fulfill our St Luke’s mission to be a community in Christ and Christ to the world.

We are all in His service,

Gary