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Volunteer Work Crews from
Florida, Ohio, and Wisconson came to Gulfhaven during
the first part of week five. Most of the work for
the week was gutting houses that were flooded during
Katrina.
During the second half of the week, 16 volunteers
came from Tremont, Illinois. |
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| Dave and Esther Kniss were special
guests at Gulfhaven on Sunday, October 9. Dave is a
former pastor of Gulfhaven, from the mid 80s to the
mid 90s. |
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Gene Galat from Tremont, Illinois shared
the experiences the group he led had over the past few
days they were here. |
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| Marie Hibbs joins the church. Marie
and her husband, Robert are one of the displaced families
at Gulfhaven. |
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Jerry Klassen and Ted and Elinor Shattuck
from MDS shared on Sunday morning. |
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| Robert holds some of his championship
horse ribbons before throwing them on the trash pile. |
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Robert takes a breather during the
gutting of his flooded home. |
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| Workers from Illinois take on the big
task of tearing out the inside and outside of Robert's
home. |
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Robert had nearly 8 feet of water in
his home during Katrina. |
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| Lunch was on the Red Cross. |
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Lunch time for a hungry crew. |
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| Robert's neighbor's home.. |
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The huge trash pile in front of Robert's
home. |
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| Gutting Robert's home. |
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Here's the group with Robert in front
of his home.. |
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| Trudi was on hand for her house gutting. |
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Ted and Elinore Shattuck arrived in
Gulfport on Friday. They will serve as area MDS Directors. |
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| Tearing up the wood floor. |
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Dave and Esther check out the progress. |
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| Inside Trudi's gutted home. |
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Hauling out the debris. |
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| Flood waters destroyed the interior
of Trudi's home. |
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All the wet insulation must go, too. |
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| More work at Trudi's. |
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Here's the Illinois group outside of
Trudi's home. |
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| The roof at the church is making progress. |
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Debris pile in front of Trudi's home
made up of appliances and interior walls and flooring. |
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| Roland and Virginia get some work done
on their roof. |
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The roof on the old sanctuary is making
progress. |
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| The pump house is nearly completed
by Friday afternoon. |
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Roland's roof work. |
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| Pump house work on Thursday. |
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Pump house work on Thursday. |
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| Pump house work on Thursday. |
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Richard's home had a lot of damage. |
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| Richard's ceiling came down in the
hurricane. |
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Richard's ceiling came down in the
hurricane. |
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| Dave and Esther sit down with Pastor
Nelson in his office. |
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Debbie goes over Job Cards with Scott. |
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| Andy takes a few minutes to talk with
the owner of the home his crew is gutting. |
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Water damage to nearly eye level. |
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| The floors must come up. |
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The drywall must come out. |
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| Here's how the trees are removed that
are drug to the edge of the roads. |
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Debriefing about the day over desert
on Tuesday night. |
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| Pastor Nelson shares a Katrina story
with Wayne and Scott. |
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Jimmy's house in Long Beach needed
gutting to the ceiling. |
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| Work on Jimmy's house. |
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Removing wet dry wall and insulation. |
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| Jimmy's house is wide open. |
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Work is completed and now this flooded
house can dry out. |
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| Jimmy (Ginger's uncle) stands in front
of his home in Long Beach. |
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The Geil home (David's mother) in Bayou
View flooded during Katrina. |
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| Volunteer work crews tear out the walls
and the flooring in the Geil home. |
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The Geil home will soon be ready to
be rebuilt. |
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| Flowers are blooming. |
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Following the storm this rose bush
was stripped to the stem and brown. It's not spring;
however, 'life' is springing out of 'death' from the
storm. |
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| Rose with volunteer work crews. |
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The pile of rubble in front of Rose's
home. |
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| Rose with the volunteer work crews
from Ohio, Wisconsin, and Florida. |
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A few weeks ago, crews took out the
first four feet of drywall. Black mold continued to
grow and the remainder of the walls needed to come done
this week. |
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| The fireplace in John and Carolyn's
home comes out. |
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Rubble in front of John and Carolyn's
home. Their home was flooded at eye level on the second
floor. |
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| Everything wet has got to go. |
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Drywall and insulation that have gotten
wet will grow the black mold. |
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| The pile of drywall that was thrown
out of the second story window. |
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The wood floors are destroyed by the
flood. |
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| Going up to the second floor you can
see the water mark on the walls. |
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John and Carolyn's home is completed
after a long day. |
Work Crews