End of Summer Poem

Tonight is our last night on the Farm
Tomorrow is the last time we will hear an alarm.
Rose fell and got paint all over
and that's when Bre painted Mike's shoulder

On the way to the pool
Meaghan tried to wipe off Gail's drool.
She fell asleep on her backpack
while she tried to get the feeling in her leg back.

Rose stood up and ripped her pants
while Jenny tried to teach us how to dance.
Tanner farted really loud and tried to cover it up
and Sean found a smelly, crooked tailed pup.

Shelby will keep cooking like a fool
while Henry breaks everything with all of his tools.

Bailey is smiling even thought
T-kupp makes up stories and so
all of us kids listen intently
while Paul plays the guitar ever so gently.

The Bad News Bears were at it again
making noise and being good friends.
Nat and Ellesa led prayer
while Pat and Sister Paula make everything fair.

The Fab 8 and the Dwarves
bother Snow While while doing their chores.

The best skits go to the Salamander Stench Crew
always making us laugh even Drew!

The Moth Men always work hard
on sites and even in the yard.
Allyson wove her overalls well
nailing and cutting and never fell.
Brian and Jen are happy as can be
while Charlie Brown is trying to drink the tea.

We will miss this Farm so very much
we love you all so stay in touch!

-The Mike and Ikes
August 10-16, 2014

Where Are You From?

Every morning we take students to the worksite we have them introduce themselves and say where they are from. Most of the time the homeowner cannot believe they can from all that way just to be at their house. 

During the month of June, we welcomed over 150 volunteers from all over the country: Indiana, Illinois, Texas, West Virginia, California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Missouri, and Ohio!

Every week was a great opportunity for students to expand their horizons with the Cornerstones as well as getting to know how their peers' lives are like in different parts of the US. There aren't many places that bring students together like Nazareth Farm.

We also welcomed home more Summer Sojourners! It's our 4th year of the program, and they always add more energy that we can imagine. The summer would not be the same without them. 

The weeks weren't all just community building, we did some home repair as well. Bernie got us lunch almost every day, John's caretaker affirmed our actions daily, Barbara shared her family with volunteers, and Jerry always has entertaining stories. Check out the pictures below to see exactly what we were doing:

John's new porch

Cheryl's new porch!

A new roof in Salem

Charlotte's room!

The inside of her room

Ivena's New Siding

Jerry's New Room!

We were also also to finish a few more roofs, another porch, and a fence that we don't have pictures for.

The Staff and Sojos during Formal Friday!

Starting the Summer Right

We kicked off the group week season right with an amazing group of college students and their youth minsters! About 1/2 the group were returning volunteers and the other 1/2 were their good friends. We couldn't have asked for a more fun, hardworking group of volunteers.

We also welcomed home our first Summer Sojourners for the summer: Dan, Torie, Katie, and Andrew! They were just the start of the 11 extra sets of hands, ears, and hearts that we would have with us this summer.

With their help we worked on a set of stairs, finishing up an addition for our good friend Gaye, and almost finished a roof in Lumberport.  

New Stairs

New Stairs in West Union

Sojourners hard at work

Gaye's New Room!

Roofing Women at Don and Deb's