My own story amongst my story. There is a special reason I took this picture with Nicki. As I was making my way back down to the build site one morning my private cell phone rang. Turns out it was a guy whose name and voice I didn’t recognise at that time, partly cause I was running […]
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The Howard family’s house was house #1. Mr. Howard is a firefighter in Joplin and his house was destroyed in the tornado. It was also the first house that was revealed and was shown on Regis and Kathy Lee. There are more house stories after this, but you will read about many stories amongst the […]
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The hours we all worked were long. The work was not easy. So, every once in a while I would need to search out some smiles to help pick my spirits up. As you can see I was successful in my search. The four ladies are Extreme Makeovers– Texas Women–as they called themselves. The […]
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The first picture you see is the Jopln High School sign that was altered in it’s message after the tornado. The second picture is the high school building itself. The city re-opened an old dead mall building and revamped some other buildings and school opened a couple of months later—on time. There is strength in determination. Check […]
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Here are some more of the shots I took on the way to and from the build site. You would feel sorrow but also pride. Sorrow for the destruction, but, pride for the residents as you saw their strength in the coming together to help each other. Keep reading the entries after this one. You need […]
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   Here are tips on how to get to read the many short stories about the Extreme Home Makeover”s 7 houses in 7 days build in Joplin, Missouri. You can click onto the most recent entries to read them. Then you need to click “November Archives” and you will get a page with 5-6 of the […]
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To me this was the moment I was waiting for during over a hundred hours of work in a weeks time. Although I worked in 5 of the 7 houses and in the park that was created, this was the reveal I had to see no matter what.   The people you see getting […]
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Meet some of the people who really helped set the tone and spirit within the little white baby doll house. Tom was the main builder on this house. He is pictured with his wife Cindy. Their two sons worked on and in this house. Tom was noticeably putting in more hours than his sons. […]
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  Here are a couple more shots from the heart absorbing little white house with the pink shutters. Darren was the evening project manager on this house. He and I met at the build he helped do in my area. He has become a great friend and a man on a mission to help […]
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When I went to my first painting assignment I partnered up with Doc and Deb. We painted on of the bedrooms and I got to meet and talk to this great couple as my week in Joplin began. Wall-e was the lead painter for 3 of the houses and seemed to be in more places than […]
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