Operation Malcolm
Site Address: 1103 Folk St E, Fairfax, SC 29827
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Burned Out Home Feb. 2008
Malcolm, Trey, Brieanna, Danitra, Vanessa & Fredericka Vanessa at the home site in Fairfax, SC
Operation Malcolm Spotlight
There were eleven people living in the home on Folk St. in Fairfax, SC that cold evening in February 2008 when it burned to the ground. Fortunately, they all made it out ok; but, the home and all their belongings were a total loss. Mr. Asbery Haynes had worked all his life to procure this four bedroom brick home for his family. Vanessa had been living there with various members of the extended family since his death in 1993. Unfortunately, there was no insurance on the structure so Vanessa and her family have been living in a rental home for the past year and a half since the fire.
Vanessa is employed by the Allendale County Special Needs Board and works during the day. Fredericka, the other adult in the home, works at a local nursing home on the 11 pm to 7 am shift. This allows one of them to be at home with the kids at all times. This is especially important in that Malcolm, Fredericka's six year old, is autistic and has other health issues. That doesn't keep him from giving big hugs, though. (Interestingly, Malcolm is one of Vanessa's special needs kids.) Even with both of them working they are barely able to keep the rent and other bills paid. Without outside help they will never be able to rebuild their home.
The other members of the household are Malcolm's little brother Trey (2), Vanessa's daughter Danitra (17) and Vanessa's niece Brieanna (15). We hope to begin scheduling teams the middle of February.
These two ladies and four children need to have their home back. Will you help us make that a reality for them by contributing your time, talents, prayers or financial assistance?
February 19: Framing Complete
Wednesday 8:00 AM Friday 2:00 PM
Frederica, Vanessa, Bob, Colletta & Christine Federica & Malcolm say “Thank you!”
I am happy to say that the Lord blessed us with three days of "good" weather so we were able to proceed with the framing of the home as scheduled thanks to the receipt of funds from the SC Conference of the UMC. There were thirteen “out-of-towners” including Ken Morris from Virginia, and as many as twenty “locals” mostly from the Baptist Association involved in the framing. We began on Wednesday morning with temps in the twenties and finished Friday afternoon with temps in the sixties.
We had lots of expert help from the pros at KC Concepts (no relation), Parker Carlisle, Mike Kerley and Joe. The highlight had to be the setting of the roof trusses with the boom truck. What would have taken all afternoon manually only took an hour with the truck. Thank you Parker and crew for your awesome donation of time and talent.
Once again, I am amazed at how God uses His willing servants to be the “Body of Christ” in helping those less fortunate.
Now that the framing is done we need a roofing team to put shingles on before Marvin Horton brings his siding and porch team on March 10. Mr. McQuire, one of the local saints, thinks he may be able to assemble a team from his church if we can raise the $1000 to pay for the shingles. Please let us know if your church or men’s group would be willing to donate to this cause.
Just remember, “Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!”.
February 5: We Have A Foundation To Build On
After many delays due to bad weather we finally have a foundation to build on. We will pre-build the wall panels this Saturday, Feb. 13 and get her framed up next week, Feb. 17 - 19. We were snowed out of the pre-build. We will start from scratch on the 17th! Pray for good weather!
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