Wednesday, Nov 9
Wednesday began after breakfast and devo, by heading out to 3 different schools to deliver school supplies and other items. I made a contact with one of the teachers at the elementary school. She said she and her family were living at their church; she has a six and twelve year old. She said they have a hard time saying goodbye at the end of each week when different volunteers leave. She told me the bottom floor of their home was flooded, but the rest of the home was ok. They plan to live in the upstairs soon, as they begin to rebuild the downstairs.
When i returned back to the church, I went out on a scouting mission to pick up generators the church had loaned out, and we went to several homes that had requested help, some as long as a month ago. Tammany Oaks has been so short on volunteers, they have not been able to get out to the git r done jobs. One home we visited had a tarped roof, and had a soggy and sagging floor in the back of her home. Her home had been added onto about 6 or 7 yrs ago, and this complicated the damage to the floor from the strong winds. We really can't do anything to assist her except retarping her roof if necessary.
Another home we visited was in a very devastated area in New Orleans. There was no electricity, and the neigborhood had been flooded horribly. It is located with bodies of water on either side. Cars were all over the place, debris that had been cleaned out of the homes was piled everywhere. It was tedious finding the specific home we were looking for because there were no lights and most homes no longer had mailboxes. A note had been left in their door from the government, stating they had the right to enter their home and remove anything that was a threat to the area. This again was a home that was not within the scope of what we do as volunteers. The national guard stopped us and said the curfew was 8pm in that area.
Tammany Oaks is supposed to get around 100 volunteers this weekend. We have only had 12 all week. This will be quite a change.
Please pray about coming to volunteer. There is so much to be done and we need more bodies to get these things accomplished.
God Bless.
When i returned back to the church, I went out on a scouting mission to pick up generators the church had loaned out, and we went to several homes that had requested help, some as long as a month ago. Tammany Oaks has been so short on volunteers, they have not been able to get out to the git r done jobs. One home we visited had a tarped roof, and had a soggy and sagging floor in the back of her home. Her home had been added onto about 6 or 7 yrs ago, and this complicated the damage to the floor from the strong winds. We really can't do anything to assist her except retarping her roof if necessary.
Another home we visited was in a very devastated area in New Orleans. There was no electricity, and the neigborhood had been flooded horribly. It is located with bodies of water on either side. Cars were all over the place, debris that had been cleaned out of the homes was piled everywhere. It was tedious finding the specific home we were looking for because there were no lights and most homes no longer had mailboxes. A note had been left in their door from the government, stating they had the right to enter their home and remove anything that was a threat to the area. This again was a home that was not within the scope of what we do as volunteers. The national guard stopped us and said the curfew was 8pm in that area.
Tammany Oaks is supposed to get around 100 volunteers this weekend. We have only had 12 all week. This will be quite a change.
Please pray about coming to volunteer. There is so much to be done and we need more bodies to get these things accomplished.
God Bless.
posted by Alicia @ 7:58 PM
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