This week was so amazing and fun! I started out at a new house with site supervising in insulation and drywall. My volunteers where mostly between the ages of 15-17 and 3 adults. I was so impressed by not only how much they got done, but how fast the caught on to the skills and that they wanted it to be perfect. I was so impressed by them! We finished insulating the entire house and drywalled half the house!
After an amazingly fabulous week at work, we topped it off with a Saints game. Not just any saints game, but their first home game. Yes it was a preseason game, but it was still a game that was amazing! They won of course and it was rad. I don't think I have ever been to a professional football game. It was hard to sit there at the game and not think of all the people who took refuge in the superdome during Katrina. It was a rush of emotion and excitement at the same time. An added bonus was that I saw Reggie Bush score and play:)
Sunday we went to the gulf coast of Mississippi in to Bay St Louis and Biloxi. It was a very rainy day with some KILLER lightening storm! We got to see the way Hurricane Katrina hit them. We, a majority of the country, only think of NOLA and the hurt that the city and Parish's are feeling. We need to know that it was not only them. It was a good reminder.
I can not believe how fast this round has gone. I have truly enjoyed every minute of it. This up coming week is going to be so powerful. Sunday 8/29/10 is the 5th anniversary of Katrina and we are working that much harder. We have a 7 day build week and also a 50 hour build on two houses. We have a lot of media coming, as well as important people. This week will be amazing and the BEST way to help with the efforts of rebuilding. I know most of you would love to be helping and the one way you can is by voting at gulf.refresheverything.com/sbp for our project to win money to continue to rebuild and help! 300 houses done and there are still over 800 people living in fema trailers waiting and wanting to go home.
