After a hearty breakfast and our safety training, we had training for safety and prayer walking. It was a great, simple and non intimidating session about simply walking through the neighborhoods and praying for things that come to mind.
We split up and went to our respective homes
House 1: Paul, Roy and Art
House 2: Craig, Tommy, Mona, Virginia, Dewey, Gary, Patrick
House 3: Chris C., Denise, Zohreh Lorin, Nate, Mathias
House 4: Jeff, Chris H, Pam, Venetia, Hugh, Peter
House 1: McCloskey Tiling a back splash, Texturing, painting ceiling
House 2; George – prep kitchen floor for ceramic tile, Dewey and Craig worked on baseboards. Virginia, Mona and Patrick, prepped paint on door frames. Homeowner wasn’t present today, the house has been vacant since Harvey. Same house our sister church, Seeds of Life worked on last fall.
House 3: Cornejo – Sanding and mudding. Drywall prep, met family, speaking spanish. Interesting situation where house had some pre-existing roof issues, but then Hurricane Harvey came and exacerbated issues to the point of flooding. Since it wasn’t wholly attributable to Harvey, homeowner didn’t qualify for some direct funding
House 4: Wright Siding, removal and prep for painting. Rebuilding subfloor and structure.
Each team did prayer walks in the area, and sometimes was able to pray for the homeowners. During one of our prayer walks, our presence in the neighborhood attracted enough attention that people approached us to ask what we were doing in the area. We explained we were here to help, and two parties asked to sign up and get more information.
We returned back to the camp to enjoy hot showers. Oh, on a related note, please pray that some plumbing issues we’re having get resolved. Also, after dinner, we exchanged notes and experiences so we could share from our various sites.
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