NOMADS Project in Tucson AZ - Jan 30 - Feb 16, 2012

NOMADS Team - (L to R) John & Carol Herr, Gary & Jeanne Judson, 

Betsy & Bill Losey, Joyce & Jeff Fetters, Phyllis & Gene Noteboom,

Midge & Bub Morris

     Late last January we arrived at Hope United Methodist Church in Tucson Arizona to participate in our second NOMADS project. When we arrived at the project we were warmly greeted by our team leaders, Gary and Jeanne Judson.
After setting up our trailer in one of the full hook-up campsites provided by the church we took a tour of the facilities we would be working on for the next 3 weeks. Sunday evening we all met together to discuss the work projects that we planned to accomplish while there. 

Bub power washing the exterior of the church

     Some of the projects accomplished by the NOMADS team while there;

• Power washed church, education building and basketball courts.
• Sanded, caulked and cleaned windows in preparation for painting
• Removed weeds, brush, stumps and trimmed trees throughout property
• Primed and painted all windows, doors and trim on the church building
• Located water main and dug out to prepare for backflow preventer installation
• Painted outside cross and poles on basketball court
• Repaired broken fencing on baseball field
• Painted interior of Thrift Store, including new restroom
• Cleaned and painted air-conditioning units and vents on roof top
• Painted, made repairs to tables & chairs, and cleaned inside the church
• Worked at Billie's home (church member dying of cancer): plumbing, repaired closet doors, main entry door, and yard work.

 Jeff, Gary and Gene - spraying primer on church eves

Joyce painting trim above the front porch

 

Bub picking and digging that hard Arizona ground

     We enjoyed meeting and working with our fellow NOMADS who came from all over the US: Kansas, South Dakota, New York, Wisconsin, Indiana 

     During off times we went out to dinner together, traveled to Tubac AZ, visited San Xavier Mission, watched the Super Bowl game outside at John & Carol's motorcoach. 

 San Xavier Mission

Touring colorful Tubac, AZ

Enjoying the Super Bowl @ John & Carol's

    We had a wonderful time at Hope UMC and enjoyed meeting Pastor Jimmy and his church family. Frank Mendoza, the church liaison, was very helpful and we enjoyed our time together. Gary and Jeanne were excellent project leaders and we would love to work with them again in the future. We accomplished a lot of work together and had a lot of good times during our 3 weeks together.