'Ere we goooooo!

Part of my daily tasks include updating our roster of people who are signed up for the Fall AIM weekends. While the lists can be deceiving, I like to keep my eye on the graph:

It is exciting to think what work will take place between now and November. Here are the stats as of today: we have 191 individuals signed up/reserved space from 10 different states that represent 32 churches from 7 different denominations. For 191 people, we will be putting in 3056 volunteer hours, which is a value of $56,902.72.

Right now we have 5 ongoing major home repair projects, and we are working on qualifying 6 new projects. So, as of today, we are going to help 11 families. $34,000 in Housing Preservation Grant money will be spent, along with 2 projects that will be funded by the families.

That's a grand total of $90,902.72 that we will be investing in homes and lives this fall. While that dollar amount might sound impressive, just think of all of the qualitative value that will be added to people's lives: hope, empowerment, a sense of community, renewed strength to persevere, confidence. It's hard to place a dollar amount on the value of all of that.