An exciting day for us and the new homeowners (above).It has been lots of good work for our group of 30 volunteers as we finished the house in less than a week and in time for its dedication at noon on Friday. It was extraordinary this year to be building the 100th house in that county where Katrina made landfall. I just learned on this visit the awful statistic that after the hurricane, 80% of the residences in the county were uninhabitable following the storm. Clearly a terrible number.
After a few hours morning work, it became a big rush to clean up the residue of construction on the site in time for the arrival of dignitaries and others.
More than six dozen participated in the program of dedication for Landry House #100 and the adjacent House #99 (not fully finished yet). The entire
Landry family, Jahna and Kevin with their three children were excited and emotional. It was a special moment for them and for those of us who felt honored to have worked on building their house.Photo, right, of the homeowner family and Wendy MacDonald (top left), exec director of the Habitat affiliate here.
As we leave this area, we feel rewarded by a satisfying week and we take away lots of the Mississippi clay in our work boots as we look forward to some rest.
It has been a very full week!
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