Saturday, February 04, 2006

Kentucky Conference - United Methodist church




Louise lives 12 miles from town. Her home suffered severe wind damage and she has been living in a FEMA trailer since the storm. The roof damage was repaired and our job was to strip the drywall from the ceilings and walls and spray for mold.
The job was started last week by the group from Maryland.

After my careful dry wall demonstration I was besieged with complaints about hammer nailing (my way) vs.screw fastening (the new way)and left for another job. When I returned it was neatly fastened with screws and completed in about half the time. I’m convinced!

Finishing still must be done the old fashioned way (I think) and that would require another day. The team was eager to move on so we went around the corner to Valena’s home . . . 84 years and absolutely refuses to sleep in any bed but her own . . . to do the same process . . . this time using screws! All in a day’s work at Pass Christian, MS. I set my alarm for 4:45 to see the Kentucky group leave in their church bus. I was 20 seconds too as they pulled away from the church parking lot. It was a great group, as they all are!