Miss Dennings was the first home owner I met when I arrived here at the Houston Mercy Response Camp last October. My second day here we (I and a team from Ohio) went into her home to gut it out. She is in her late 70's and put on the first pair of pants she had ever worn and pitched right in to help. She has had continued help from her friends ans a local church to get her where she is today... Back Home!!!
Yesterday my brother and sister-in-law and I went over to secure her home by putting up a fence in her yard. She is in an area that warrants her concern. She was beaming when she walked out of her back door and saw us already at work. Our plan is to finish the job today apparently right in time because the business across the alley from her is planning a huge MardiGra party next Friday night so she is feeling a lot more comfort that she'll have the fence up.
As for what is coming up... starting Monday the 16th of Feb we have several skilled people coming into camp to go head strong into rebuilding. The homes we are going to be in are Miss Marie's, Miss Naomi's, Miss Hai's, 2 trailers to skirt, 2 small porch decks to build, 2 roof jobs and the Galveston Vineyard Church plant to move ahead. I expect that over the next month we should be helping more people to move back home and a church ready to hold services again.
It is so exciting to see all the hope in the eyes of all these people.
A prayer for skilled responders is my ask for today. It's time to get more people home!
2 comments:
Bless you, Diane. We miss you and we (the girls at Bible study) are praying for you. May God keep you safe.
loved reading about this...bless you heaps.
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