What a day it has been.
First day actually working. It was clear to us that most of our work will be in preparation for the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work project (JRCWP) , which this year is being held in Biloxi. We’re preparing cut sections and framing for the crews to come out and assemble next week.
It’s exciting and the HfH staff is a bit proud, excited and a tad anxious. But we’re proud to be part of an effort to get a large number of people in their homes next week.
Many will be new builds that are assembled in the week, and also some local refurbs.
The nice part is that we returned to the Biloxi lighthouse, a site that we first visited when we arrived in town. This is where we saw the HfH staff prepping for us yesterday. Today we were the labor.
This section by the Lighthouse will be the main media center for the JRCWP next week, so all the better.
We split our team into five crews. Peter and Tommy; Craig, Paul and Steve O; Kevin, Steve C and Will; and Mo and Chris worked on their own.
This was different from last year as we weren’t all working on one house, which has its advantages and disadvantages, but it was great to be working with other volunteers and hearing their stories.
In particular, Chris was moved by working with one Habitat Client, a person putting in “Sweat Equity” time in order to receive their home.
Well, it was a long hot day, and.. here are the pictures..
And yes, Chris and Steve O wrote a lot of the captions, so enjoy.. their sense.. of humor 🙂