Sing Praise to Him

  HOME SWEET HOME   The family pictured here: Curly, his wife and two young boys.  They were so overjoyed.  I had the opportunity of leading prayer after this group photo, thanking them for letting us work on their house, giving us an amazing experience and praying for protection and blessings as they continue on.  When we finished praying I was surprised when Curly spoke up, "Wait-wait-" and continued a prayer thanking us for our hard work.  Despite the cold, the cramps, the up and downs of the trip seeing the joy written across their faces and seeing how truly grateful they were made every second of this trip count. #Nola2015

  Meet miss Debrah- an outgoing women from who truly showed us what southern hospitality was really like.  Through out the day you could hear her shouting at us, encouraging us.  We laughed with her and cherished the time we spent working side by side her.  Not only once, but twice did she cook for our entire crew.  She was a firecracker of a women to say the least.  She spoke her mind freely and was a ball of entertainment for us. Story after story we heard about the neighborhood we were working in, what it was like to live in the 9th ward before and now after Hurricane Katrina.  It seemed most people who left after the Hurricane soon found their way back in the same neighborhood.  I can understand how it could be difficult to travel anywhere else, knowing they will never understand what they went through.  Despite neighborly differences they all share one common ground, the hurricane. No one can take away that experience, that tragedy ...

 Team Macintosh!  Team Captain: Rumble! Day 1: Scrapping Day 2: Scrapping/Priming/Washing/Cocking Day 3: Paint Coat #1 Day 4: Paint Coat #2     The weather was suppose to be nice out, but one day it was around 35 all day which in the shave with a metal/plastic gun like above your hands freeze fast! Many hot chocolate breaks were taken but between everyone we surely got the job done! What an experience. I can't imagine after hurricane Katrina people doing this kind of work all by themselves. I'm sure many people did, but wow- I truly underestimated how much effort goes into "painting 1 house." A humbling experience.