tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166307257102746622024-02-07T16:43:07.053-05:00Up on the MountainAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-75181139841311371152014-09-22T12:00:00.000-04:002014-09-22T12:00:02.936-04:00End of Summer PoemTonight is our last night on the Farm<br />
Tomorrow is the last time we will hear an alarm.<br />
Rose fell and got paint all over<br />
and that's when Bre painted Mike's shoulder<br />
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On the way to the pool<br />
Meaghan tried to wipe off Gail's drool.<br />
She fell asleep on her backpack<br />
while she tried to get the feeling in her leg back.<br />
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Rose stood up and ripped her pants<br />
while Jenny tried to teach us how to dance.<br />
Tanner farted really loud and tried to cover it up<br />
and Sean found a smelly, crooked tailed pup.<br />
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Shelby will keep cooking like a fool<br />
while Henry breaks everything with all of his tools.<br />
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Bailey is smiling even thought<br />
T-kupp makes up stories and so<br />
all of us kids listen intently<br />
while Paul plays the guitar ever so gently.<br />
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The Bad News Bears were at it again<br />
making noise and being good friends.<br />
Nat and Ellesa led prayer<br />
while Pat and Sister Paula make everything fair.<br />
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The Fab 8 and the Dwarves<br />
bother Snow While while doing their chores.<br />
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The best skits go to the Salamander Stench Crew<br />
always making us laugh even Drew!<br />
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The Moth Men always work hard<br />
on sites and even in the yard.<br />
Allyson wove her overalls well<br />
nailing and cutting and never fell.<br />
Brian and Jen are happy as can be<br />
while Charlie Brown is trying to drink the tea.<br />
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We will miss this Farm so very much<br />
we love you all so stay in touch!<br />
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-The Mike and Ikes<br />
August 10-16, 2014Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-63828942151003365962014-09-20T10:19:00.000-04:002014-09-20T10:19:00.016-04:00Where Are You From?<div>
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. </div>
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During the month of June, we welcomed over 150 volunteers from <i>all </i>over the country: Indiana, Illinois, Texas, West Virginia, California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Missouri, and Ohio!</div>
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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.</div>
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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. </div>
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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:</div>
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We were also also to finish a few more roofs, another porch, and a fence that we don't have pictures for.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-25823328880525971222014-09-17T09:48:00.002-04:002014-09-17T10:22:21.025-04:00Starting the Summer RightWe 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.<br />
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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. <br />
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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. <span id="goog_1753166054"></span><br />
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<span id="goog_1753166053"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-68400764796395276122014-08-18T16:09:00.001-04:002014-08-18T16:09:13.604-04:00March ForthAs always our March weeks were full of energetic, fun college students! We worked throughout our entire working area - from Gypsy to Pennsboro to Alma to Salem and just up 23! In all we completed 10 projects plus a few bigger items for the Farm. Students came from old and new Farm favorites: Loyola Chicago, Walsh, Detroit Mercy, Evansville, Colgate, Stony Brook, St. Xavier, Notre Dame, Columbia, Dominican, Kean, and Purdue. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Al and Irene's New Porch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Windows at Wanita's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siding in Clarksburg</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roof Awning for Barbara</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-82023885834531754852014-08-18T16:01:00.000-04:002014-08-18T16:01:26.643-04:00January and FebWe welcomed the new year with a great group of college students and a bunch of cold weather! We spent a few days inside, but went out to work most of the week. The group leveled a floor for a family full of wonderful cooks, gave Millie a new fire exit, and started Daniel's ramp and Barbara's porch roof.<br />
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The February group week is always a staff favorite since We finished Daniel's ramp and started one for Terri.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New floor in West Union</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Millie's porch and fire exit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbara's roof!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-75891785252353558092014-05-19T10:10:00.000-04:002014-05-19T10:10:00.175-04:00In God's Country <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
By <span class="author-label" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/author/alexandria-addesso" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alexandria Addesso</a></span></div>
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In the lush mountains of Appalachian West Virginia known as “God Country” seven members of the Kean Catholic Newman Club, accompanied by the campus minister, were welcomed with warm embraces and repeated “welcome homes” from the staff members of Nazareth Farm on their spring break service trip.</div>
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Nazareth Farm is a Catholic community in Doddridge County that was established in 1979 on the four cornerstones of community, simplicity, prayer and service. Kean students learned this by attending prayer services every morning and evening,going to various worksites everyday to perform home repairs, interacting with locals as well as other students from universities from around the nation and conserving energy, food and water by not using electronic devices, composting and only being allotted a maximum of three showers, two of which had to be outside bucket showers.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I never thought that not using my cell phone for a week, not knowing what time it was, or only taking one shower would be a completely freeing experience,” said Kean student Dana Sullivan.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“ In a world that is constantly on the run, moving from one thing to the next at super-fast speed, it was so great to be completely present where we were and to be able to fully enjoy God’s beautiful creation and the beautiful people that we were meeting, helping and spending time with.”</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aside from Kean, students from Notre Dame, Syracuse, Saint Xavier’s and Evansville University attended during spring break. To increase community building, work groups were composed of students from various schools. Each day a different group went to a different staff member’s work site that included projects such as ramp building, porch building and underpinning.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On one night in particular all the students and staff members attended the Mountain Justice Conference. The conference focused on the extreme energy extraction done across Appalachia via water fracking and mountain top removal. Both have everlasting effects to the environment and local residents, the fracking alone left 30,000 West Virginia residents with unusable water for the past two months. The panel discussion at the conference was filled with real examples of ways to take on this unfair energy extraction system other than just protesting, such as changing the laws from the inside out via pursuing a career in law.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On another evening after work the Farm had a community night. Members of the community, young and old, were invited to the Farm for dinner and students were allotted the opportunity to spend time with them. There were also times during home repairs to get to know the homeowners and listen to their vast life wisdom. Students learned and exercised the ministry of presence, just being their for people to talk to and have genuine, human interactions with.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Although the Farm focuses on Catholic Social Teachings, some students that attended were not Catholic or even Christian, yet none of them were made to feel uncomfortable, or the need to conform. Human dignity, solidarity, preferable options for the poor, dignity of work and care for all of God’s creations are among the social teachings emphasized on the farm. These basic principles are more general human morals rather than specifically “Catholic”. As were the prayer services, everything was very euceminical and focused on building each individual's relationship with God and their fellow man.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-26355455594952849902014-04-16T15:56:00.000-04:002014-04-16T15:56:00.137-04:00Unified in Prayer Lord,<br />
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Your name is holy, your works are true, let us all see ourselves in You.<br />
Through humility, work, and all your deeds help us help those yearning with needs. We stand here united, together as one, Nazareth Farm, the journey has just begun. From morning to afternoon and through the night, fill us with love and all your might.<br />
A community, as one, we will continue to build until everything God wants will be fulfilled. No longer is it "I", but now it is we - all coming together, alive and free.<br />
We all share a bond not seen with another, I can now call you all my sisters and brothers.<br />
May we always remember all the simple things, all nature, all good.<br />
As we stand here today, let us always remember possessions come and go, but family lasts forever.<br />
<br />AmenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-69409011284584734842014-04-04T10:58:00.000-04:002014-04-04T10:58:00.194-04:00 Unplanned, Unexpected, Unbelievable!<div class="normal">
<b>Nazareth Farm</b>: Unplanned, unexpected, <i>unbelievable</i>!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By: John Silva<span style="font-family: inherit;">, <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">St. Athanasius Parish Chaperone</span></span></span></div>
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On the Tuesday before the team (Jen, Brett, Sam, Rachael) was
to leave for Naz Farm Karen asked Jen if I could go with the group. Jen immediately called Naz Farm and secured a
place for me to join the team. On
Saturday (Aug 17th), Fr. Colarusso and the morning Mass group gave us a
blessing, crosses, and a nice send-off for our trip to Salem, West
Virginia. After a stop in Hershey, PA
and overnight at St. Joan of Arc, sleeping on the floor at the parish school,
we headed to West Virginia. As we
arrived at the farm we were greeted by the staff with “Welcome Home” greetings,
but this was not our home (yet) so it was a little awkward. Then we were hugged by each staff member and
I thought, this is strange to be hugged by a group of people I do not even know. This was just the start of the new encounters
that would define our week and shape our experience of Naz Farm.</div>
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The first morning we awoke early to gather for a prayer
service; prayer is an integral part of the Naz Farm experience. We had prayer services in the morning before
breakfast, prayer at every breakfast, lunch and dinner, a prayer circle before
we left for our work sites, prayers before we started working at our work site
(sometimes with the homeowner), two beautiful Eucharistic services, a rosary, a
walking rosary and more. Each prayer
brought a sense of purpose, serenity and a sense of the beauty of our Catholic
prayer tradition. We then performed
some chores around the farm (charity begins at home) and then had lunch
followed by a hike to the highest part of the Naz Farm property. It was a good 45+ minute hike and at the top
we climbed two large rocks and listened to Matt proclaim Elijah’s search for
God (1 Kg 19:11-13) from the mountaintop; it was very inspiring!</div>
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Each morning our crews would find out where we were working
that day and what we would be doing. We
would drive to the work sites, sometimes an hour away, then meet the homeowner
talking with them before starting our work.
I had a great crew of four young men who worked very hard without
complaint; we got a lot accomplished and they seemed to have a real sense of
how their efforts were really making a difference. This happened each day except for Thursday
when our crew was “home crew” which meant we helped around the farm, preparing
meals with Sister Paula, cleaning the house and being the “greeters” when the
rest of the crews came back from their work sites. It gave us a real sense of service and
appreciation for what others do for us that we sometimes take for granted.</div>
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The most unexpected experience was on Thursday evening when
each volunteer would answer the question, “Where did you encounter God this
week?”. The answers were as varied and
heart-warming as the volunteers who were there.
When it came to my reflection I had two main thoughts, the first was
from an encounter with a man from the local community who told me, “You were
meant (by God) to be here” and “Your daughter is a gift to you and you to
her!” Wow, what an unexpected encounter;
it was as though God was speaking directly to me through this man! The second was my realization and recognition
of the inspiration I felt by seeing all the young people who are committed to
their faith, reflective in their prayers and responses and the overall
respectfulness of each! It really gave a
sense of hope in the future of the Church and a sense that God is moving in our
young people!</div>
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Our last work day was an abbreviated day; we worked the morning
only, had lunch and then shared “affirmations” with each member of the group. It was encouraging to hear how each of us had
grown to appreciate and recognize the talents of each member of our group.</div>
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We awoke Saturday morning, earlier than other mornings, and the
realization hit us that the week was over; a sadness came over everyone yet
with a thankful joyfulness of the week we had just experienced. The last prayer service was very unique and
really touched every volunteer, chaperone and Naz Farm staff member. After the prayer service I shared a story
about Rachael, because it was her birthday --- every person in the room was
emotional, including myself. I later
heard from one of my fellow male chaperones; “Great, you even made the father’s
cry!” Before we left we had one more
prayer circle and then everyone hugged each other; these hugs felt so much
different from the beginning of the week because we had grown together in God’s
love and were now truly friends!</div>
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So, what is it about Nazareth Farm … it is a great ‘microcosm’
of how to live our Catholic faith in prayer and service; in a word an
“UNBELIEVABLE” experience!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-16592891300249185092014-02-12T10:11:00.000-05:002014-04-01T16:04:39.843-04:00Falling in Love with West Virginia<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The fall is a time when we as a staff are able to grow together and experience the special place that is WV for ourselves. 3 new staff members joined us in September and October - Teresa, Andi, and Natalie. We participated in Salem's Apple Butter Festival, went on a staff retreat in the Adirondacks, completed a few windows and small roofs, and made the Farm our own.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">After over a month of staff weeks (full of various days of cleaning, retreating, hiking, doing home repair, and more!) everyone readily welcomed home 2 weeks of college students this fall. Our usual groups from Notre Dame, Creighton, St. Francis, and Aquinas joined us. With their help we completed a trailer roof, re-roofed the back half of our friends' home, and built a giant porch!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The staff at Niagara Falls on our way to our retreat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The staff on top of Snowy Mountain during retreat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Chevy) Chase, our new truck!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new roof for Jerry's shed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bert and Roxanne's beautiful porch!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-73602565278752037262014-02-05T09:38:00.001-05:002014-02-05T09:38:13.814-05:00Here Come the High Schooelers!Many students think of June as a time for vacation, but we were blessed to have a bunch of students and adults join us in working around the Farm, in the gardens, and out on worksites. We were able to complete 4 roofs, 4 porches, 1 addition, 1 siding site, and 1 painting site along with tons of Farm and garden projects.<br />
Our ladders received a new covering and the White Barn started getting scraped.<br />
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I hope you enjoy the pictures of sites!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ivena's leak-free roof</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard and family's new porch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judy's newly painted house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharin's new 1st story roof!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-37935976633442677072014-02-05T09:32:00.003-05:002014-02-05T09:32:51.966-05:00End of Summer Wrap-UpAugust is a favorite month for many staff members because of Family Week. This year wasn't any different! Most of the volunteers were under the age of 13, but it didn't stop the work. All the homeowner accommodated the little ones with cartoons, popsicles, snacks, swing-sets, and love.<br />
We also hosted 2 great weeks of high school students to finish up the trifecta. As the last group left, staff members were sad to see the summer end but delighted for the naps to follow!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friederike's Newly Painted House!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kelly's Fence</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christina's New Blue Roof</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tim and Donna's Painted House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Siding in Pennsboro!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-24571052382858815212013-11-16T08:14:00.002-05:002013-11-16T08:14:42.844-05:00Do You Hear What I Hear?<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello everyone! <br />
As you probably know, we have our own Christmas traditions here at the Farm and
our annual Christmas party is coming up.
Each December we take a break from home repair and focus on sharing the
joy of the holiday season with our Doddridge county community. We visit all of the families that we have
worked with over the course of the year and bring them gifts and cookies. Also, we send a thank you cookie package to
all the wonderful businesses the work with us.
It all culminates with a big party for the children of the area. We have music, games, face painting, crafts,
and Santa has a toy and at least one book for every child.</div>
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The only
way that we can do this is through the help and generosity of others. For those
of you who came here this year, maybe you want to sponsor a family that you
worked with. Here are some things to
think about. Maybe your family wants to
sponsor a family. Maybe your church or
youth group wants to sponsor a family.
Maybe you want to pool some money with your work crew. If you do decide to sponsor someone you could
set aside time to pray for them throughout the holiday season. If you haven’t been to the farm in a while
you can donate to the general Christmas fund.
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Anything that you all are able to
do is appreciated. We generally spend around $15/person. If you do wish to
sponsor a family let us know before Thanksgiving so we can plan accordingly. You
can let us know by calling or emailing the Farm. Lastly, if you want to send or
email any Christmas cards or messages we would love to pass them on. Merry
Christmas!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-14340035210348387012013-10-21T13:34:00.002-04:002013-10-21T13:34:45.161-04:00July, July<div>
July came in hot, and it hasn't let up. Fortunately our volunteers remained unfazed by the heat (though all our staff members can't say the same!) We had wonderful groups from Kentucky, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, California, Ohio, New Jersey, and Maryland. Volunteers embraced the cornerstones for the week, and wanted to make some concrete changes back at home.</div>
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We were able to complete some beautiful projects for ever better homeowners. Many lunches, hugs, stories, and jokes were shared during the group weeks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosa's New Porch Roof</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-69548219903437338442013-08-28T17:00:00.000-04:002013-08-28T17:00:01.385-04:00A Small Look into a High School Group Week<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
Hi, my name is Annie, and I
was lucky enough to go on the trip to Nazareth Farm last week. </div>
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Simplicity, Community, Service and Prayer are
the 4 corner stones of Nazareth Farm.
Throughout the week we lived these cornerstones and came together as one big, happy family with God. The first day as we piled out of big van that would
soon be named “Otto,” we were embraced by all the staff members with a hug and <i>welcome home</i>. With confused faces, we hugged
these new people without knowing that in the next week we wouldn’t want to let
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We were introduced to the
cornerstone of simplicity on the first day when we had to put all electronics
away. Also, they ask you to not wear any makeup because the
real you is the most beautiful you. As
the first day progressed, we toured to see the outhouse (which I did clean
one day), the compost pile, and the bucket showers. Another piece of simplicity is only taking 2-bucket showers and one real shower in the 6 days we were
there. The simplicity
cornerstone is taken very seriously at Nazareth Farm; we are not allowed to
know the time. It is always 10:10, God’s time, because when Jesus was crucified
his hands stayed at 10 and 2, 10 minutes after the hour. </div>
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cornerstone of community is my favorite cornerstone. One person in particular
stood out to me, and if anyone in church today was on the trip they know whom I’m
going to say, Bernadette. I was lucky
enough to meet a new best friend on the trip; if we weren’t together, we were
screaming each others name trying to find each other. People couldn’t believe
we had just met. On the last day I kept my tears inside until we had to hug and
say goodbye, it was one of the hardest goodbyes I have ever had to say. After our 6<sup>th</sup> hug and more tears
than you could imagine we finally went our separate ways into our vans. Although
we only knew each other for 6 days we had a bond that no one else could
understand. I have 2 families now, it’s
unbelievable how you can live with people for only 6 days and feel like a
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The next cornerstone is service;
this is the biggest cornerstone at Nazareth Farm. Every morning we would wake
up and do chores around the farm before breakfast. Then we would pile into our
vans and go to our worksites. The first night there had been a terrible storm. We were flooded into the Farm and had to stay home, luckily I was on home
crew that day. We stayed inside to make meals, clean the house, and welcome
everyone else home. Tuesday was probably
the toughest workday of the week. We took a half hour drive to George and
Debra’s house to put up vinyl siding, which is the most difficult thing to cut
and nail onto a house. George is one of
the nicest and funniest people I have ever met; he kept us entertained all day
with his stories about all of his crazy adventures with his friends - but all 8
of us on our work crew got a different version of the same story. The next day we went to Joel and Mary’s
house. They have a 3-year-old daughter named Alyssa and 4 dogs. We put trim onto their porch and stained the
porch floor. When lunch-time rolled around Alyssa insisted on eating with us. When our work was day was done, you could see a few tears rolling down her
face. It’s seeing the happiness and gratitude of all of the families we worked
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Prayer is the final cornerstone of
Nazareth Farm and while on the farm your whole life is devoted to God. Before doing anything in the morning we had Morning
Prayer; every group would plan prayer however they liked it. The first
prayer the staff planned, we got into small groups and discussed the 4
cornerstones. I met a boy named Jon in
this group. He was so passionate and happy, but then he shared how he lost his
father at a young age, and how he has tried to live his life in a way his father
would have wanted. At the end of the week Jon told the full story of his father
during evening prayer. I saw God in Jon and I believe I met Jon to show me that
even through the toughest times in your life God walks with you. We celebrated Mass twice at Nazareth Farm. Father Joe from Long Island led mass and being in the small, intimate setting
made me feel fully surrounded by God. My
favorite prayer was the one everyday before we left for the worksites. We
all gathered into one big circle in the parking lot, joined hands, and someone said prayer - Bernadette and I always insisted on standing on either side of
Father Joe for prayer. One day we were
standing around waiting for everyone to come to the parking lot and someone
suggested we “pass the squeeze” so everyone closed their eyes and waited for
their hand to be squeezed so they could pass it to the next person. I don’t know what it was about that
experience, but it sticks out in my mind, such a small thing, but it meant so
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I will end by saying thank you to
everyone who helped us make this trip possible, whether it was getting your car
washed, buying a baked good or just praying for us while we were gone. I will never forget this experience because
it has truly changed my life. <a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>“Expect A Miracle”.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-61237336562786250252013-07-24T12:02:00.002-04:002013-07-24T12:02:47.630-04:00May Update!Warm weather (and some rain) and enthusiastic college students from all over rolled into the Farm this May. We completed a few large projects to the delight of our homeowners.<br />
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Our 3rd roof-over went up quickly, and provided tons of fun with games of Whack-a-Mole, climbing, and feats of strength.<br />
Loretta's leaky roof was reconfigured and re-shingled. All the groups loved eating inside, playing with her dog, and the cold tea. It's not often we get to use green shingles!<br />
David worked alongside us each day as we sided his family's house. We learned a few tricks from him, and each day it was a surprise to see how much he completed the night before!<br />
Our friend in Center Point hosted us for a few days as we re-shingled her roof. She always provides lots of laughter, history, and knowledge. I think her dog Sammie enjoyed the company as much as her!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-84641360282888459382013-06-07T12:21:00.001-04:002013-06-07T12:21:12.862-04:00Fun in February February brought a group of high school volunteers to the Farm. They were kept busy re-doing a porch, starting to enclose another porch, and putting up underpinning. We also spent an evening at our parish's fish fry!<br />
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Before the group week, our friends at Jerusalem Farm came in for a few days. We helped our friend at his worm farm and CSA in Shinnston. As usual, we headed up to State College, PA for PASA's<i> Farming for the Future</i> Conference (with the Jerusalem Farmers and most of the Bethlehem Farmers.) If you're interested in organic and/or sustainable farming, you should check out the conference and PASA's website. There are a ton of resources and ways to get connected.<br />
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My hopes of a weekend retreat enlivened by service and prayer were fulfilled by the simplistic,<br />community setting of Nazareth Farm. Taking a bucket shower was so freeing! Hearing a staff<br />member's voice echo through the wooded hills as he gave a scriptural reflection was empowering! I volunteered to spend a week in retreat while also participating in home construction work. Our time in reflection did not stop there- the Naz Farm community impressed me with its awareness of local history.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We use natural gas on a regular basis for many of our household needs. So much good has come from this resource, from preparing food to warming homes. How could we ever forget though that the process of extracting and sourcing natural gas might pollute waterways and cause other unforeseen environmental problems? As caretakers of this Earth, are we able to say we are properly informed? </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coal-mining is an inseparable aspect of Appalachian history. As my fellow volunteers and I were driven to our work-sites, we passed through various towns that once were coal camps. Mining generated many jobs while it also cost the lives of many people. One of the Naz Farm staff members read to us a prayerful poem from a miner who lost 29 fellow workers in a mining accident. When I saw the state's seal - featuring among other things, a miner holding a pickax - and held a large piece of coal, I felt I had gained a better understanding of this two-edged sword.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the Appalachian terrain with its many hills and valleys. Walking along the mountainside trails filled me with joy for our Earth. I have a hard time believing the destruction caused by land-stripping or mountain-top-removal, when workers use construction vehicles and explosives to collect a mere six percent of localized coal deposits. The beauty of Appalachia is 'plowed' and 'blown away' for the sake of this resource.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />There is still hope, fellow stewards of Creation! Increasing our dependence on electricity may seem like the answer, but the coal burned to produce this energy source is another environmental problem. We are called as stewards to make an impact in government legislation by writing, calling, and expressing our informed opinions. We need to have a say in how Earth is cared for. In the words of Isaiah, reiterated by John the Baptist, we must be voices crying out in the wilderness (John 1:23). Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP, the founder of the Sinsinawa Dominicans and the precursor of Dominican University, with profound courage spoke out against the mistreatment of Native Americans. This mistreatment indirectly included the abuse of Earth's resources. Fr. Samuel and the people of Appalachia alike call us to keep their lives in our prayers. We are also called to simplicity in every aspect of our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My week at Nazareth Farm challenged and engaged my head, hands, and heart and was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Nazareth Farm proved to me how we should never settle in complacency; everything about this service breakout was out of my comfort zone. I was scared and spent way too much time worrying about what was to come on the trip, and even asked myself, “Why did I sign up for this?” Well, now I can say I am so glad I did because it turned out to be a truly rewarding experience. Going into the breakout, I didn’t know anyone on the trip, I barely knew the eight other volunteers from UD. I ended up leaving the Farm with meaningful friendships with the other volunteers and staff. I wish I could be back on the Farm sharing meals and prayer together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And so when reflecting on my experience of Nazareth Farm, I knew I was changed for the better, but I could not pinpoint how I was changed. This Thursday morning though, I woke up realizing what exactly was different. As the sun rays woke me, causing me to open my eyes to the new morning, I realized that was how I was changed; Nazareth Farm had opened my eyes. I did not realize how closed my eyes were before, but my eyes and my heart have now been opened to everything joyous and beautiful about this life. More specifically, I realized that I was opened to the beauty of myself, others, service, and nature. A surreal moment for me occurred on Wednesday during my week at the Farm when I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror; staring back at me was a girl who felt pretty for the first time in her life without makeup on her face. I believe it was the inner happiness experienced at Naz Farm that extended from my interior to exterior that made me see this change. I have never felt more confident in myself as a human being made in God’s image. My eyes were also opened to the beauty of the other volunteers that shared this experience with me. It was incredible after the first day of awkward introductions and small talk how quickly friendships formed and laughter was shared between the three college groups and staff. I credit the welcoming and loving community lifestyle void of distractions such as technology and the incessant worries brought on by daily life outside the Farm. The intrinsic human dignity and value of each person I encountered shined brightly through their smiles and their stories. I didn’t mind getting fewer hours of sleep if it meant staying up late playing ninja, dragon slayer, or just talking with each other. I was also opened to the beauty of service and using my hands to extend God’s love by repairing the houses. Being physically present with the homeowners and seeing their living conditions reinforced the realization of how thankful I should be for the life I have. There are many problems I do not have to deal with that some families in Appalachia have to deal with daily and so it only makes sense that I use the skills God has given me to help. I invested myself in the work I completed at the housing sites and understood that I was not doing this service to “feel good” or to put on a resume, but because this is what God calls us all to do, to help and love our neighbors. My eyes were also opened to the beauty of nature that was prevalent everywhere I looked. I have never more clearly experienced God in the presence of nature. When we hiked to the tallest point of the property on Monday and sat on the giant rock, I was amazed by the view. The sound of rain hitting the endless number of trees, the sun peering through the clouds, all while listening to the story of Elijah. Matt’s voice rang through the silent woods when shouting “LORD ARE YOU THERE?” I could feel God with us as we sat in contemplation on the rock.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> My time at Nazareth Farm was filled with incredible life lessons and memories that I will never forget. I feel that my soul is on fire with the love I received on the Farm, and I want to give it all back. I am determined to continue this life of simplicity, community, service, and prayer. I had always heard the saying, “Strangers are just friends you haven’t met,” but it wasn’t until after the Farm that I truly believed it. I am thankful for the experience and the great friends of faith that I made, and I hope to one day be back at Nazareth Farm, where I experienced a miracle every day in such a loving and faith-filled community. </span></b><br />
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Large groups of college students decided to spend their time at the Farm this March instead of sunny beaches. Spring Break at the Farm includes starlit bucket showers, review of the day serenades, games of frisbee or Flip 'Ems, late night games of Dragon Slayer (or Ninja), and amazing fellowship.<br />
Along with all the fun at the Farm, the students spent part of the week out in the community. They worked on siding, insulation, a ramp, new linoleum, porches, underpinning, painting, and a little garden work.<br />
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Some new volunteers from University of Illinois-Chicago came for a prayer-filled week leading up to Easter. A few of those students from earlier in the month couldn't get enough of the Farm and came back for Holy Week at the end of the month as well. Of course a bunch of amazing past staff members came in throughout the week.<br />
We washed each other's feet on Holy Thursday before delivering Easter Baskets and sharing a Seder Meal. On Good Friday we prayed the Stations of the Cross during a beautiful 10-mile hike in the mountains and venerated the cross at the Farm. Those who were left on Sunday morning hiked up to the rock before sunrise to greet the new day with shouts of joy and song.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-84454939631550220692013-04-01T10:58:00.002-04:002013-04-01T10:58:31.268-04:00Starting Off the New Year RightA small but mighty group of college students and faculty from Iona College and SUNY Oswego came out for a great January week along with our good friend Farmer John! We worked hard completing a few drywall sites, a new kitchen floor, and a little bit of insulation. What a way to kick off the new year!<br />
After the volunteers left, the staff enjoyed the snow while working on other projects. We worked with a lot of old friends and made a few new ones.The staff also flew through projects including windows, painting, a few flooring projects, and more.<br />
I hope you enjoy the pictures! Sorry some are sideways, they are refusing to change.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-13652488342930359262012-12-23T14:44:00.000-05:002012-12-23T14:44:47.654-05:00November: Bring on the Adults!November is a nice, slow month at the Farm (or so we like to think!)<br />
5 adults from Cincinnati and Indianapolis joined us for Adult Week at the beginning of the month. They split their time between underpinning in Clarksburg and demolishing Alberta's burned-down garage.<br />
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The staff wrapped up a few small projects before leaving (or staying in) West Virginia to see family and friends for Thanksgiving. We hope you all had a wonderful time eating and counting your blessings.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-81868598735341601182012-12-11T12:14:00.001-05:002012-12-11T12:14:49.461-05:00Missing Something . . .Winter and fall at the Farm provide wonderful opportunities to grow as a staff during our weeks without volunteers, but we often feel like something is missing. Maybe it's the early morning dance parties in the picture hallway, the large games of infinity ball, or introducing the Nazwich for the first time. Whatever it is, it has to do with you. That got me thinking of some of the great Reviews of the Day from this past summer. Luckily a few groups left theirs in my capable hands so I could share them with everyone.<br />
Enjoy and reminisce about the fun and warmth of summer!<br />
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<b>(to the tune of <i>Do-Re-Mi</i>)</b><br />
Doe a deer, a concrete deer<br />
Rays of penetrating sun<br />
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Meat , of meat, I love you meat!<br />haven't seen you in so long<br />
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Joe, the master of the house<br />
Peg, his treasure of a wife<br />
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Gail, the keeper of the mouse<br />
This is our Naz farm life<br />
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Made a dent, a fender dent<br />
Made a scratch in Linda's side<br />
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Linda's dent will surely fade<br />
Not the dent in Timmy's pride!<br /><br />Where are all the warning signs?<br />
Where are all the traffic lights?<br />
Ride the double yellow lines<br />
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This is our Naz Farm life<br />
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Covered up a bumpy deck<br />
Boards, we pounded, pushed, and shoved<br />
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Said nice things about our team<br />
Held a hammer full of love<br />
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Free to wear our smelly clothes<br />
Free of vanity and strife<br />
Spray my armpits with a hose<br />
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This is our Naz Farm Life!<br />Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do So Do!<br />
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<b>(to the tune of <i>Friday</i>)</b><br />
It's Friday, Friday, working in the rain on Friday<br />
gotta build a deck and ramp for Jane and Shon<br />
roofing, roofing, roofing in the rain on Friday<br />
gotta cut and screw the tin roof on<br />
Susan, Susan got her to use a sawzall<br />
(only an hour after digging in the concrete)<br />
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Finished, finished the job on Friday<br />
rain, mud, and dirt can't stop the Soul Sisters (+2)<br />
<br />Dirty and muddy and yeah!<br />
soaking and smelly and yeah!<br />
fun, fun, fun, fun, we love working at Naz Farm!<br /><br />
Now break it down! (think of this next part as a rap)<br />
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It's Naz Farm, think you be snoozin'? Ain't no way, just ask Susan!<br />
And to a job don't dare be late or you'll suffer the wrath of Kate.<br />
If you think a job is just to tricky, just ask help from our friend Niki.<br />
Reading at school with the kids and all led by the super sojo Paul.<br />
Now Kristina there is another story, just open your eyes to her faith, love, and glory.<br />
Now who was our favorite today? It's Matt, or was that ninja Pat? Or maybe Nat?<br />
How many jobs did you do today Allyson asks and shouts Hooray!<br />
So whether you call him Robby or just plain Rob, you know he's the many for any job.<br />
And who's always there with a good ol' hey'ya, we certainly know it's none other than Kayla.<br />
So when those shingles did need tacked, leading Soul Sisters (+2) was birthday boy Zack!<br />
And now onto you newest bud, super frisbee throwing Judd.<br />
And last but not least is Farmer John, master of the garden and leader of song.<br />
And that's the rap of the Naz Farm Staff, 'cause they gave it all, not just half!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-19211477789370513802012-12-01T10:36:00.000-05:002012-12-01T10:36:04.351-05:00July, July!Summer was in full swing this July, and we worked on worksites galore! An epic roof at Sherri's was started. <br />
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Robin received a new ramp/porch combo, the Farm House's roof was updated, an extremely long ramp went in at Betty's, and a few crews up new underpinning up at Marsha's. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-76939037181460761592012-11-24T15:18:00.001-05:002012-11-24T15:18:41.559-05:00Mother Earth News, Rafting, and Colleges!Even though there weren't any student volunteers around in September, we kept busy. Farm buildings and tools went through a deep clean, roofs needed to be finished, and adventures were to be had. The staff learned more about sustainable building and living at the Mother Earth News Fair in Pennsylvania before heading to Bethlehem Farm to work a few days while learning about roof harnesses. We also went on our annual rafting trip down the lower Gauley.<br />
Soon after we returned home, a group of students from Mt Aloysius College joined us for a long weekend retreat. Some students worked at Vicky and Allen's putting in new linoleum in their front room, and others stayed at home working around the Farm.<br />
In mid-October we hosted our usual groups from Notre Dame, the University of St. Francis, Phi Delta Theta from Creighton, and Aquinas College. New skills were acquired by all as we put on a few tin roofs, new siding, closed down our gardens, and cut up a few fallen trees.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A New Red Roof for Bill and Ruth</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192600001990808369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816630725710274662.post-8411474132446841792012-11-09T08:42:00.000-05:002012-11-09T08:42:05.499-05:00It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas . . .<br />
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Hello friends!</div>
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As you probably know, we have many Christmas traditions here at the farm. Each December we take a break from home repair and focus on sharing the joy of the holiday season with our Doddridge county community. We visit all of the families that we have worked with over the course of the year and bring them gifts and cookies. Also, we send a thank you cookie package to all the wonderful businesses that work with us. It all culminates with a big party for the children of the area on December 8th. We have music, games, face painting, crafts, and Santa has a toy and at least one new book for every child.</div>
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The only way that we can do this is through the help and generosity of others. For those of you who came here this year, maybe you want to sponsor a family that you worked with. Maybe your family wants to sponsor a family. Maybe your church or youth group wants to sponsor a family. Maybe you want to pool some money with your work crew. If you do decide to sponsor someone you could set aside time to pray for them throughout the holiday season. If you haven’t been to the farm in a while you can donate to the general Christmas fund or donate new books and educational games. Anything that you are able to do is appreciated. We generally spend $15/person. If you do wish to sponsor a family let us know before Thanksgiving so we can plan accordingly. You can let us know by calling or emailing the Farm or send us a private Facebook message. Lastly, if you want to send or email any Christmas cards or messages we would love to pass them on. Merry Christmas!<br />
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