All had a good nights rest though the men were awakened a bit early by a team member's (who will remain unnamed) cell phone alarm that went off after the team member had wakened REAL early and left to take a shower (without turning off the cell phone). Men being men, all of us just laid in our bunks waiting for someone to get up and turn it off. After an eternal amount of time, the two youngest team members couldn't stand it anymore and got up to cancel the alarm. Everyone (except the showering culprit) slept for another precious 5 minutes. You can make your own conclusions about the meaning of who and why the alarm was eventually turned off :).
Once we all got up, we were surprised by a sudden rain shower on the way to breakfast. We ate a breakfast of Louisiana French Toast along with other healthy assortments served by the Reach Global staff. There is another team working with us this week from an EV Free Church in Lancaster, PA. Coincidentally, their church is also called Grace Community Church. After breakfast, Jason Fingerle lead the entire group in a devotional from 2 Corinthians 4 and we had a short time of prayer together.
Lima Work Team A returned to the home they had been working on yesterday and continued to work on painting and putting in trim, hanging doors, and adding a sink to the bathroom. We were able to share some good stories with the homeowner about fishing, boats, and family. A little after lunch, we went on a short prayer walk around the block, praying for different homes, families, and workers for the homes. Some of the team went back to work after the walk.
Lima Work Team B continued working on Ms. Cammie's house. The background on her house is sad. Her house is about 4 miles from the Superdome in New Orleans. It was built in 1905, and was flooded by several feet of water. It had to be totally gutted because of the length of time the polluted water stayed in the home. After Katrina, she received some money to repair her house. She hired a contractor to perform the work for $105,000. The work was never done. As it turns out, the “contractor” was a scam artist and took all of her money. He is now in jail, but the money was never recovered. We haven't met her yet, but were told that she knows the Lord. She is 65 years old and her husband is totally disabled with Parkinson's Disease. They are living in their daughter's home while waiting for hers to get fixed. You will be able to tell by the pictures that we post that this is a very large house and the outside painting is just the beginning of this ambitious project that Reach Global has adopted. Our team's assignment is to help finish painting the 30 ft tall outside walls. We haven't yet met Ms. Cammie, but expect to meet and pray with her sometime soon. Every day, we meet at the work site, circle and pray in front of the house together before starting our work. We do the same thing at the end of each day. Our public testimony about who sent us and why we are here is very critical to being strong ambassadors for Christ. It was a cool and windy day of work, but fortunately there was no more rain and we got lots of painting and outdoor repair work accomplished.
For dinner, we joined a fund raising event for the Mom's Group being held at Trinity Church. We ate authentic jambalaya and were entertained by an ambitious group of preschool kids.
More reflections will come tomorrow.
Thank you for your prayers. We feel them each day as God has given us his safety and grace.
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