Week 2 has come and gone and we had a good work week, and a great bunch of volunteers, mostly from Washington, with a couple of imports from elsewhere. Kerry and the construction foreman keep scrambling to keep up with the work, making sure there are enough supplies to keep things going forwards. Once in a while Kerry comes and picks me up and I get to go along and see the homes and progress made, and take a few pictures.
The first two pictures are of Ms. Barbara's house. The outside was done when we came, but we have been working on the inside, sanding, and painting, doing doors and flooring and it is shaping up nicely.


The third picture is painting happening at Ms. Antoinette's house.
The next two pictures show a roof that we have been re-shingling. There is always more to it than just a simple re-shingling job. This one had about 3 inches of old shingles that needed to be scraped off, and then they were faced with rotting rafters and other repairs before the new shingles could go on.
This next picture is relaxing after supper, probably waiting for the dessert to be brought out.
One night we had a client come in and share her story of the storm. Ms. Antoinette shared how she had been reading her bible and praying and suddenly she got the feeling that she needed to go and get her kids---NOW! She did, and as she carried baby, and herded the other 3 little ones before her to the basement, the house literally blew apart around her. She got them to a safe place and put herself on top of them, so that if anything should happen, it would be to her first. She said she would rather she die than her kids. The group with her in the picture is the crew that just that day finished painting her house. She has been out of her home since April and is patiently waiting to come home again. The last picture shows our group from last week.