A Brush with Kindness and More

I would like to thank both Habitat for Humanity Care-a-Vanners and Thrivent Financial for all the hard work their wonderful volunteers did on my father’s house.

Wim (my dad) is a proud man; he was always very handy and always able to do his own carpentry, painting, general handy-man work around the house. He was the one folks would call when they needed a hand with something. He had the know-how, the drive and all the right tools. But as life happens, he just couldn’t do the things he used to be able to do for himself (he’s 84). He never was one to reach out and ask for help, either, so imagine my surprise when he told me he reached out to Habitat for Humanity to help paint his house.

Well, getting his house painted is an understatement. Those fabulous volunteers saw a sad house that was once cared for with a lot of love (my mother loved her yard and her garden) and took it upon themselves to restore that sad house to its former glory. They not only painted, but they replaced rotted boards, pretty much rebuilt the back deck and the front door steps/railing, removed a lot of overgrown vegetation and weeds and took away a lot of yard and building waste. They not only cleaned out his shed, but rebuilt the door and painted that, too. They painted several of his wooden yard lounge chairs. A 5 day job became 10 days and it seemed, none of them minded.

The house now looks like it once did – very pretty, proud, all fresh and new. Mum would be very pleased. I know for a fact that my Dad is.

Thank you from the very bottom of my heart. You’ve made my dad very happy. And for that alone, I love you guys.

With very warm regards,

Carin