Back in New Orleans

When I left New Orleans last year I didn't think I would be back for additional rebuild but ... here I am. The Kenner, LA Vineyard Camp is relocating to the Houston Camp but still has two homes that need to be completed. For those of you who know me, you may recall that I was doing a great deal of drywall finishing while doing relief work. Well, that is exactly what they needed to have done for one of these homes so they asked me to come here to help with the church teams and the team from Atlanta to get the job done. We started on Saturday with every wall from celling to floor needing to be done. There were a couple of people who have limited experience so it took some training and a great deal of supervision. I am happy to say that as of today, Weds, we are about 90% ready for the texture to be applied and then we can paint. Miss Mable has not seen her home yet, she is staying with relatives in northern LA. Her daughter came through on Monday and was very excited to see it coming as far as it has. She said she would like to bring her mother down to see it but she knows that she would not want to go back. The problem that has come up with the house completion is that the funds that were expected from another organization have not come through yet so once we get it painted, we will be at a standstill. She is about 10K away from getting back into her home. The trim, the floors, doors and cabinets and Mable is home again.

Please pray about that because it is now over 3 years since she has been able to be home and she is in her early 80s. It would be a great blessing to have her come home. If we had funding for her it could happen as soon as 10 days from now.

The plan for me at this point is to go back to Houston sometime over the next few days to get ready for the teams that are arriving form all over the country including my home church...Christ The Rock. It will be great seeing church family for that week.