During work day two, our day started early with
breakfast and devotions, along with chores and gathering up our supplies. We were tired from the day before but eager
to get started and meet some more people in town. When we arrived at the house,
our team got right to work with tearing out more concrete. We had a few girls help us tear it out, but
the sledgehammers were not doing it for us and we had to try to use a
jackhammer to crack the concrete and break it apart for us to pull out. The jackhammer did not do much better so we
continued using sledgehammers and prayers to try to get the job done. The boys’ help helped out a lot, and we all
worked together to tear out all of the concrete. We worked all day and went
back home tired and happy that we were one step closer to getting this lady’s
house completed and ready for her to live in.
On work day three, we
had usual breakfast, chores, and devotions and headed to our job sites. Since we finished up the concrete demo job
yesterday, we worked on framing the house today. We swept up dirt and wood pieces to clean the
area and made space to be able to frame.
I was taught how to nail braces into the framework to create more
support for the house.
Later that day, some
plumbers stopped by the house to talk to Miss Shirley about some work they were
needing to do and how she wanted it done.
Miss Shirley was not there at the time so we had ample time to talk to
them about what we were doing there and how God works in our lives. The plumbers talked to us about Katrina and
how it changed their lives, Louisiana hospitality, and where to find the best
gumbo in Louisiana. I am so blessed to
have been able to create those relationships at our job site and talk to them
about God and life. We went on a prayer
walk and was turned away by a homeless man that had seen us walking around and
working all week, before we even got to him.
It hurt my feelings but I know that I have to accept this part of
mission work—sometimes people will not want to have anything to do with it.
Later
that day, a woman saw us getting ready to leave our job site and stopped us to
talk. She went on and on about how we
were doing a great job and what a blessing it was for us to be in New Orleans
helping people out. It meant a lot that
she said that, because getting brushed off by someone before we even got to him
hurt my feelings. So getting praise from
someone after that lifted my spirits and made me think that maybe God put her
there for a reason.
God
works in great ways and I have seen that over the course of these couple
days. I loved getting to finish the
concrete and move on to another job.
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