July 17, 2021 Am I living in the Twilight Zone? Is this America? I took these pictures TODAY on JULY 17, 2021, almost 11 months after Hurricane Laura, 9 months after Hurricane Delta, 4 months after a Winter Storm, and 2 months after a 1,000 Year Flood Event, all of which hit Lake Charles. It
July 17, 2021 Thanks to these members of the Christ the King Church out of Raleigh coming down this week, Tim and Al with ‘The Call to Build’, Patti with the New Bern Episcopal Church, and Robin from Texas to work on Ms. Gloria’s home in Arapahoe NC we got a lot closer to completion.
July 11, 2021 This past week we had help here in Sulphur from another great team. With the help of Salem UCC’s Exhale Youth group, we are one step closer to completing Mr. Moore’s house!! They did an amazing job on our disabled firefighter’s home! Tater enjoys the volunteers being around just as much as
July 3, 2021 One of the fantastic things return groups do is visit homeowners they have helped in the past. I know both the homeowners and the volunteers appreciate those visits as when you volunteer you tend to develop lifelong bonds with homeowners. It was about 2 years ago the Esperanza Covenant Church from Grand
July 3, 2021 The featured picture is of the entire crew from Esperanza Covenant Church in Grand Rapids in front of the Nolan’s home in Bayboro NC. The crews got a lot done at the Nolan’s home which is the rest of the pictures. This great crew split up to also work on Ms. Gloria’s home
July 2, 2021 Great progress has been made on Ms. Gloria’s home in Arapahoe, NC this week thanks to the Esperanza Covenant Church out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We completed the flooring in her new bedroom, closet, living room and kitchen. Ms. Gloria is wheelchair-bound, so as part of her rebuild we have reconfigured her
June 30, 2021 The other half of our volunteers from Esperanza Covenant church have been working on the Nolan’s home in Bayboro, NC. They got the exterior painted, drywall mudding and sanding done inside, and as we typically find - a rotten subfloor. We hope to have the Nolan’s in their home by mid August.
July 30, 2021 Volunteers this week from Esperanza Covenant Church in Grand Rapids Michigan working on Ms. Gloria’s home in Arapahoe, NC. We got the exterior of the home painted and half the inside of the home painted. We also started flooring today. We will continue on the flooring tomorrow and painting in the kitchen
June 27, 2021 It's great to see Pastor Dale from Esperanza Covenant Church from Grand Rapids Michigan again along with members of his congregation. I had the pleasure of working with his team close to 2 years ago. We’re headed out to Pamlico County in the morning to work on the Nolan’s home on Swan
June 25, 2021 Day #5 Louisiana MFM Team: This week has flown by... it's been such a wonderful time serving alongside of Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Toni Karam Ratliff and Aaron Ratliff are wonderful people with servants hearts and we appreciate them so much for all they are doing here! Even though it was an