Our First Week on the FMCA Habitat Build

Jim & Linda Matheny and Larry and I arrived in Preston Georgia on Saturday, March 21st around noon and were met by other FMCA Habitat members, we have a total of 12 coaches. Our team leader, Fred ODonnell, showed us where to park the coaches and after we got all set up we Jim said it was ice cream time and that the best was in Plains, Ga. and it was peanut icecream, can you believe that? We drove over to Plains, had lunch at Mom's which was started years ago by an old "black" lady and is former President Carters favorite place to eat in Plains. Actually one of the few places to eat in Plain. After lunch we did have peanut ice cream.
Sunday most of us attended the 11 am service at the Baptist Church and then rested, had a 4 pm meeting to find out about our schedule for the week and then had the grand breaking for the house, met the owner to be and some of the Habitat staff then went to "SUPPER" at the church. Now you have to remember we are in the South and it is breakfast, dinner, and supper. As usual there was more food then anyone needed but we tried to see how much we could eat. Butter beans, creamed corn, fried chicken, ham, other vegetables and of course every dessert you could think of. I spotted a caramel cake and it was wonderful. Found out later one of the men in the church made it.
Monday most everyone started to work on the house but I had to go to Albany to have a root canal. Got back around noon and then I went to work.A lot has been accompished this week with all the walls, inside and out going up, most of the roof trusses up but had to stop yesterday due to rain. The outside shed has been built so we are moving forward.
Today we are waiting to see if the rain is going to pass but it is not looking good so we probably won't get to work at all which is going to put us behind schedule.
Larry and I are going to Canton, Georgia tomorrow morning for a "mimi class reunion" for my 1962 high school class. I am excited about that.
These people here in Preston have been so wonderful to all of us. They are insisting on feeding us dinner and most night supper so we are not having to prepare many meals and unfortunately we are all going to leave this build a few pounds heavier than when we got here.
More later