Our time in Grand Isle has come to an end and with such mixed emotions. It is always hard to leave a community that you’ve lived and worked in for 3,2 or even 1 month. The people here in Grand Isle have been so wonderful, kind, and friendly as...
We cannot believe that this is our third week of March already! Eddie’s house is almost completed except for the kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities! This week at Eddie’s house Larry connected and tested the water lines hence, he needed to...
This week the weather was nicer than we’ve seen while serving here in Grand Isle all these weeks. We saw warmer temps and sunshine most of the week which made accomplishing tasks much easier. Eddie’s is looking more and more like a home each...
Our first week in March, with several new volunteers, was very productive! It is so much fun to see the transformation of Eddie’s house day by day. Unfortunately, the weather is very unpredictable as we’ve still had mostly cool, windy,...
We had another productive week at Eddie’s house! All interior wall painting was completed at Eddie’s this week. Todd and Bonnie painted the kitchen, Jim and Maureen painted the living room, Maureen primed bath #2 then Todd, Bonnie and Jim put...
We had another very productive week. Eddie’s house is really showing progress and we signed on a second job at Chris’ house this week. At Eddie’s house Jim and Mark continued working on drywall finishing as they prepared the living room and...
Monday morning started off a little shaky. We had a terrible wind and rainstorm overnight that lasted into the morning, so our workday started at 10:00 a.m. instead of 8:00 a.m. Despite the late start much work was accomplished that day and...
We said goodbye to Fred, Sue and Tim, and Mark this month, but welcomed some new volunteers. Welcome to Jim and Jan from Manitoba, Canada; Martha and Mark from Pennsylvania, and Pete and Loretta from New York. Staying on for another month are...
On Saturday most of our group toured a retired oil rig in Morgan City LA. It is now privately owned and open for tours. A retired oil rig worker gave us a phenomenal tour, and even though today’s technology is vastly different than that of this...