David Wagner - Nov 15

Greetings,

We spent the day again today puting up sheetrock and taping/spackling the walls already up. Putting up sheets is a bit quicker work than the taping so a few of us traded jobs as more moved to taping. It looks like the sanctuary will be completed in time for the Church's first service Thanksgiving Weekend but the classrooms will still have more to be done after we have returned to Cincinnati.

One of the church's members stopped by yesterday to thank us for the work we were doing. He said that their Pastor has relocated to Tennessee but returns each weekend to conduct services. They have been meeting in their former fellowship hall toward the back of the building. It must have been difficult as the room is still without glass in the windows. Looking at the houses in the neighborhood it looks like the church building is in better shape than most. It is tough to see the amount of work still needing to be done fifteen months after the hurricane.

As the week has progressed I have been surprised at how much I have learned about others in our group. Some are folks I have sat next to in church for 7+ years but still only knew on a superficial level. The two things that have made the biggest impression on me so far are the destruction of the hurricane and how much I enjoy Kathy Meyer's sense of humor. It is surprising how long you can know somebody without really knowing them. That is probably something we can all improve upon within our church family.

After three days here and another day in travel I miss my family and miss work but am grateful that I was given the opportunity to come here and be part of this construction effort. There is still much work to be done.

God bless.


Sincerely,

David Wagner