It is truly amazing all of the ways God uses what we consider troubles and delays to bless us and others. This was the first trip for this group from the Paducah Kentucky area down to the Gulf Coast to help with the Katrina rebuild. On the way they had not one, but two blowouts delaying them many hours. But God used both times to teach them many wonderful life lessons in how He works good for those who are obedient servants and soon they were on their way arriving in time to meet the family they were to serve this week. They came on June 23rd and left the morning of the 28th.
The group’s project for the week was to build a stairway and porch landing for a family whose home had 32 feet of flood water and were left with very little. They worked together as a team and completed the porch and stairs in a little more than 2 days! This family is so grateful to finally be able to access their home on stairs instead of an extension ladder. The volunteers also put together a desk / bunk bed set for their sons and performed various other tasks for the family. Lifelong bonding between the family and the group happened this week, one of the greatest blessings God gives us through this work.
The group also worked on our camp installing wood on the front surrounding our doors where black paper has been since the conversion of our barn into a volunteer “camp”. We are so thankful to them for this work! They also built a ramp into our pond so that our family and future volunteers can fish and feed Allie. It is beautiful! We are thankful for this work as well and we know it will provide many hours of fun and recreation for many, many people.
They also helped with our ongoing ministry of taking care of the elderly in our neighborhood. They manicured the lawn for one of our dear ladies who suffered terribly as a result of the storm. And they also fed our family as well as the people they were helping this week. We are praising God for groups like these who follow God’s lead to come and help us in an area that many around the country think is “back to normal”. Nothing could be further from the truth and now this group can also spread the word of the work needed here. Thanks to all who came and served.
The group’s project for the week was to build a stairway and porch landing for a family whose home had 32 feet of flood water and were left with very little. They worked together as a team and completed the porch and stairs in a little more than 2 days! This family is so grateful to finally be able to access their home on stairs instead of an extension ladder. The volunteers also put together a desk / bunk bed set for their sons and performed various other tasks for the family. Lifelong bonding between the family and the group happened this week, one of the greatest blessings God gives us through this work.
The group also worked on our camp installing wood on the front surrounding our doors where black paper has been since the conversion of our barn into a volunteer “camp”. We are so thankful to them for this work! They also built a ramp into our pond so that our family and future volunteers can fish and feed Allie. It is beautiful! We are thankful for this work as well and we know it will provide many hours of fun and recreation for many, many people.
They also helped with our ongoing ministry of taking care of the elderly in our neighborhood. They manicured the lawn for one of our dear ladies who suffered terribly as a result of the storm. And they also fed our family as well as the people they were helping this week. We are praising God for groups like these who follow God’s lead to come and help us in an area that many around the country think is “back to normal”. Nothing could be further from the truth and now this group can also spread the word of the work needed here. Thanks to all who came and served.
