Rehabitat For Humanity Sarasota Summer 2007
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To be honest, I can't remember how we ended up serving with Habitat for
Humanity. There had been some money given to help rebuild some homes in one
of the poorer neighborhoods in our town, a section called Newtown.
The project lasted for several weeks and we volunteered for two back to back
Saturdays. After attending several meetings and touring the area to see what
exactly what was going on, we were given our assignments.
We really pushed this in our church and ended up having 50+ people show up both
Saturdays! There were other members of our community who also helped us on
the projects.
The first home we began working just involved painting the outside of the home.
There was a little prep work that needed done, but it was pretty straight forward
The other home was an elderly widow who had issues with walking, she could walk,
but needed a walker. She had no driveway on her property and a few electrical and
carpentry issues.
A member of our team had a back-hoe and we started busting up the curb and
digging out the driveway, while a few others worked on the electric and carpentry
items. We managed to get the driveway ready for cement and most of the rest of
the work done by noon, had lunch and called it a day.
Next Saturday we had a great showing again, Praise God and got back at it. Part of
our crew worked on finishing the painting of the one house, some of us removed
the forms on the driveway and the rest of us were split up between a few other
homes doing painting, carpentry, electrical and tile work. Again we worked till
noon, had lunch and called it a day.
We accomplished quite a bit of work, but it was really hot both days! Habitat had
the rule that we work till lunch and call it a day, so that's what we did. A lot of
these people were living in homes that weren't livable before the work was
completed. It was truly a blessing to serve these people in our own community
along side so many from our home fellowship as well as others in our community!
Humanity. There had been some money given to help rebuild some homes in one
of the poorer neighborhoods in our town, a section called Newtown.
The project lasted for several weeks and we volunteered for two back to back
Saturdays. After attending several meetings and touring the area to see what
exactly what was going on, we were given our assignments.
We really pushed this in our church and ended up having 50+ people show up both
Saturdays! There were other members of our community who also helped us on
the projects.
The first home we began working just involved painting the outside of the home.
There was a little prep work that needed done, but it was pretty straight forward
The other home was an elderly widow who had issues with walking, she could walk,
but needed a walker. She had no driveway on her property and a few electrical and
carpentry issues.
A member of our team had a back-hoe and we started busting up the curb and
digging out the driveway, while a few others worked on the electric and carpentry
items. We managed to get the driveway ready for cement and most of the rest of
the work done by noon, had lunch and called it a day.
Next Saturday we had a great showing again, Praise God and got back at it. Part of
our crew worked on finishing the painting of the one house, some of us removed
the forms on the driveway and the rest of us were split up between a few other
homes doing painting, carpentry, electrical and tile work. Again we worked till
noon, had lunch and called it a day.
We accomplished quite a bit of work, but it was really hot both days! Habitat had
the rule that we work till lunch and call it a day, so that's what we did. A lot of
these people were living in homes that weren't livable before the work was
completed. It was truly a blessing to serve these people in our own community
along side so many from our home fellowship as well as others in our community!
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the
darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58:10
darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58:10
