The trailer we're working on.
Unfinished walls.
The coast at low tide.
The historical society, which has some amazing photographs of Waveland's houses before Katrina.
It's been a pretty busy week so far, and I'm just squeezing in some time in to blog. We've been working only on one project- a trailer home that was salvaged from the storm. Our mission has been to drywall the interior so that the family can move in by the end of the month.
The trailer itself is owned by a Katrina survivor- single mom with three kids. When we first arrived, we found a site littered with old toys and debris. When we got inside, it was much of the same. The previous group had already done most of the drywalling. Pastor Dave, Enoch, and myself- we jumped in without any direction, and with limited drywall experience (Pastor Dave had done some before).
After two days of working from 8am to 4:30pm, I became frustrated. Working with drywall compound was messy. We had no idea what level of finish was required, or even whether or not we had to redo some of the poor drywall work. I questioned the job itself because we never met the owner, and the trailer itself was not a beautiful building. The walls were poorly constructed, the ceiling was discolored, there was hardly any space to live- especially for a family of four.
My hope is that we will meet the family that lives in this trailer before the end of the trip and that they may see that our work is a reflection of love that comes from God.
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