We all think of these as love notes.

These houses feel cozy and safe. A lot of love goes into them. People only work with us because they want to.

Numbers nine and ten are both currently underway. It takes between 12 and 18 months per site, including final inspections and landscaping, and each house costs about $65,000 to complete — with much of our material being donated or coming to us at a discount due to the generosity of many local businesses.

Mark is a proven team leader who brings a wealth of international project management know-how to his new position.

People travel individually or in groups around the country in motor homes. They go across country helping out at sites. The first all-woman caravan volunteered here in October, 2004. In fact, one woman came all the way from Alaska to help.

So many things can interfere. You have to allow for weather and the availability of your workers as well as city code inspectors — who have all been very helpful and fair, by the way.