WE ARE WORKING, TOO

WORK CREWS ~ PAINTING AND SHEET ROCKING

We split into two teams on Monday. One crew went to Pine Tree Street to paint. Our goal was to get the inside of Don and Mary's house painted. Today is Wednesday and we have 3 rooms and the hallway to finish tomorrow..... AND THE HOUSE WILL BE ALL DONE! The volunteers that follow us will be able to lay the flooring.

Our team with Don & Mary and Miss Daisy at their home.

Miss Daisy's home

Paint crew

Kelly and Jeanae at Don & Mary's

Jeanae unloading a truck load of flooring

Jamie helping Teal and Jeanae and smiling too!!!

Jeanae taking care of Grandma!

Kelly having fun painting.

Teal unloading flooring ~ could this be our next project!

The Sheet Rock Crew went to Shawn and Carla's home on Tranquility Road.

The crew has completed two rooms (top to bottom) in 3 days!

They discovered a leak in the roof ~ from a previous crew ~ and choose to do the right thing by taking down the sheet rock and insulating part of the room that had not been done.

The room had to be redone! We think that counts as two rooms.

Go Cindy Go...

Megan admiring her work

Meg and Chance measuring & cutting sheet rock

I like paint better than sheet rock!

Chris working hard!!!!

Chance holding up the sheet rock.

Chance ready to get that sheet rock UP!

Teena the Tool Woman

Now what am I doing??

Chris and Aunt Cindy

Marilyn lifting sheet rock

Cindy (Teena the tool woman) placing sheet rock ~ that would be on the ceiling

Chris ready for work

Chance moving sheet rock to the ceiling.

Lynda meeting Carla ~ the homeowner ~ for the 1st time.

Our crews have worked HARD in the heat, rain and humidty.

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY

Our team was invited to dinner at Bill and Sharon's home ~ a plantation on the bayou ~ just outside of Slidell. Their home ~ built in 1890 ~ was ravaged by Katrina. Over 300 pine trees fell, their swimming pool was filled with snakes (those mean Water Moccasin's), and their house was filled with 4 feet of water.

Seeing their home today, it is hard to believe the damage. It took them 6 weeks just to clear the pine trees so they could begin to rebuild. The entire project took two years.

We learned that Mother Nature is not selective in who she chooses. Color, socio-economic status, religion, age are not factors in who is spared from devastation and who is not.

We learned on Bourbon Street that if we ever got in trouble we just needed to call a United Cab and they would help us. Both vans got lost on the way to the Bayou ... no maps could of helped us get turned in the right direction... Becki flagged down a United Cab and the driver most graciously led us to the "Garden Plantation".

Red Beans and Rice and with Corn Bread

The Plantation at Sunset

KidsKids on the dock looking for Gators


The Bayou from the end of the Dock



Our host, Bill and Eleanor nibbling on Sweet Tater pie.

Dinner Line

Jamie, Madison, Jeane, Eleanor and Uta sampling the snacks

Jeanae

Miss Daisy and Mr. John with Jeanae before lunch.

Lunch at Miss Daisy's ~ fried chicken, bread pudding, sweet tater pie, red beans and rice, greens with bacon, corn bread, peach cobbler, and sweet tea!

Who wanted to work after this feast???

Our lunch with with Miss Daisy was the best meal we have eaten.