Usually they stay one week, but last winter they spent two months, part of it as vacation. Those first structures were made of plywood. Later we used lapped siding, and now it's concrete blocks. The early ones just had dirt floors, but we have graduated to concrete. This past year, it was school rooms we worked on as the top priority.
Refugees come in all the time, requiring more classroom space.
Leland works on construction, and I work at sorting clothes that have been donated. Sharon Burns of Blue Hill, treasurer of the group, commended the loyalty of the Grevings. Shirley is a wonderful person, so compassionate to the people. During this last two-month stint, her husband went over into Mexico from their Texas lodging nearly every day. Shirley went frequently too, but she also spent a lot of time helping Mabel.