The four of us went out today to do some 'house gutting'. Thew people we were able to help we so grateful to have us come. We were able to help them get some things out of their garage that had been totally drenched during Ike. Some of the photos were of the guys handling some very heavy boxes of wet books. They also had to get all the appliances out of the house. I was kept busy pulling wet moldy drywall off the walls. We had a few unexpected guests of the crawly nature that set the tone for a lot of laughs. We all need that occasionally! We were able to finish the house with a little time left to take a run down to the seawall in Galveston. It is a must see for all the volunteers to try to get a picture in their mind of the surge that rose over it. The pictures you see are of the trash that washed back out of the city when the surge returned to the Gulf.
The other picture is a shot of what is now called Mt. Ike. It is the acres of piles of trash that is being picked up from on front of the homes throughout the city! these were all their valuable items...now on a huge pile! Soon that area will be filled and they ave barely scratched the surface of what needs to be done yet. I do have to give it to the people of Galveston, they are not wasting any time getting their homes torn out. I believe all that was learned from Katrina and Rita has given everyone that sense of urgency a catastrophe like this needs.
Again we were blessed to be God's hands and feet... tomorrow is yet another opportunity.
Keep us and all of this area in your prayers!
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