We want to welcome these volunteers from Indiana who worked with us this week on the two homes we are continuing in Waveland and Hancock County. This is the third trip they have made to help in the rebuilding efforts here on the Gulf Coast. The first two trips were to Harrison County. They have now felt led to begin working in Hancock County, ground zero of Katrina.
This week they got a lot accomplished on both of the homes. For the Waveland home, they installed beautiful hard wood floors. They did an awesome job and the owner, who is a local pastor, is excited about having his floors put down. Not an easy job, but what a blessing this has been.
On the other home in the county, they performed many various tasks. One of them was the rough in plumbing. A volunteer who has worked in plumbing for 50 years did this job! Another job was installing hardi plank siding on the front of the home. This was the first time this group worked with hardi plank, but did an outstanding job and they were happy to have learned a new craft. The rest of the hurricane clips were installed by an energetic young man on a ladder. He completed the task and we can now close in the porch ceiling.
Electrical was also installed and roughed in by another volunteer from this group. He also helped with the air and heat system installation. This was completed this week and the owner can now call for inspection. The group also finished installing shingles on the roof and installed vented ridge caps. They braced the rest of the roofing as well. Another group of young people helped with the cleanup of the home. The owner is so pleased and delighted with all of the work that was done this week and has been done for him since the beginning. Another awesome blessing showing God's love for another victim of Katrina.
Although this group did not stay at the P.O.P. camp, we hope to work with them again in the future and we want to thank them so much for their contribution to God's work here in Hancock county.
