I am having a BLAST!! What a privilege to serve the Lord with these hard working students! We are on our second day of a project in which 2 family groups have united to try to make a very small home liveable for a family that was displaced by Hurricaine Katrina. It had become necessary for the homeowner, Ron and his wife Yolanda and their 2 children to move out of a FEMA trailer due to respiratory problems they developed. They purchased this tiny home and had hopes of moving in until they discovered that it was infested with termites!! Ron had to totally remove ALL of the interior walls, leaving only the brick shell. Ron had been attempting to reframe and rebuild the interior of the house, but the progress was so slow that he had become discouraged. Ron also struggles with not only asthma, but diabetes. When talking with a friend, he became aware of the teams from around the country who were coming to N.O. to volunteer their time to help others in need. He made connections with Doug at Berean Bible Church and here we are! The students have been pouring their energy wholeheartedly into this project! Hour after hour, they have worked without complaining. Some of the things they have accomplished include the breakdown and removal of two sheds and yard cleanup outside. Inside projects involved reinforcing the studs by nailing new brackets into the wall studs and nailing in new roof trusses. I can’t forget to mention that the large box turtle that had his aquarium cleaned! Many of the kids helped remove a jungle of weeds in the front yard and created 2 flower beds. With some of the funds that had been generously donated, we took several runs to Home Depot to purchase cement garden bed borders, topsoil, and enough plants to fill the flower beds. The homeowner was so grateful for the hard work the kids did over the past 2 days! He kept saying that there was no way that he could possibly repay us for all the help we provided. The least he could do was to take our two teams out to lunch to his favorite restaurant, Asian Super Buffet! After filling our tummies, we were re-energized for this afternoon when we planted all the plants in the two front garden beds. When we stood back and looked, none of us could believe what an improvement had been made! We just know that when Ron and Yolanda drive up, their hearts will be filled with gratitude to God for His faithfulness and providing a hard working team who were willing to expend their energy to make life a little more bearable for him and his family.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Leader Stories - Morri D
I am having a BLAST!! What a privilege to serve the Lord with these hard working students! We are on our second day of a project in which 2 family groups have united to try to make a very small home liveable for a family that was displaced by Hurricaine Katrina. It had become necessary for the homeowner, Ron and his wife Yolanda and their 2 children to move out of a FEMA trailer due to respiratory problems they developed. They purchased this tiny home and had hopes of moving in until they discovered that it was infested with termites!! Ron had to totally remove ALL of the interior walls, leaving only the brick shell. Ron had been attempting to reframe and rebuild the interior of the house, but the progress was so slow that he had become discouraged. Ron also struggles with not only asthma, but diabetes. When talking with a friend, he became aware of the teams from around the country who were coming to N.O. to volunteer their time to help others in need. He made connections with Doug at Berean Bible Church and here we are! The students have been pouring their energy wholeheartedly into this project! Hour after hour, they have worked without complaining. Some of the things they have accomplished include the breakdown and removal of two sheds and yard cleanup outside. Inside projects involved reinforcing the studs by nailing new brackets into the wall studs and nailing in new roof trusses. I can’t forget to mention that the large box turtle that had his aquarium cleaned! Many of the kids helped remove a jungle of weeds in the front yard and created 2 flower beds. With some of the funds that had been generously donated, we took several runs to Home Depot to purchase cement garden bed borders, topsoil, and enough plants to fill the flower beds. The homeowner was so grateful for the hard work the kids did over the past 2 days! He kept saying that there was no way that he could possibly repay us for all the help we provided. The least he could do was to take our two teams out to lunch to his favorite restaurant, Asian Super Buffet! After filling our tummies, we were re-energized for this afternoon when we planted all the plants in the two front garden beds. When we stood back and looked, none of us could believe what an improvement had been made! We just know that when Ron and Yolanda drive up, their hearts will be filled with gratitude to God for His faithfulness and providing a hard working team who were willing to expend their energy to make life a little more bearable for him and his family.
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