Team members today were: Bill
Summary:
We started the day by losing 3/5 of our team. The remainder of the team went to Moss Point and measured windows. While there we had to fight off 2 poisonous snakes. Then we went to Lowe’s for 2 hours and stood around for 2 hours waiting under a code 4 for help.
After leaving Lowe’s we went back to our original site (Valerie’s). After spending 15 minutes we decided to go to lunch (by Bill’s orders). Roy proceeded to drive an extra 25 miles to a checkers in Ocean Springs. Back to the site to finish up plumbing. One small mistake (Bill putting a hole in the wrong spot in a cabinet door) we went back to church.
Recorded by: Bill Hall (Do you REALLY believe everything in this summary?)
Team Leader: Gene Wahl, Mort Gridley, Jr.
Team members today were: Stuart, Gene, Betsy, Judy, Colleen, Mort Sr., Mort Jr., Erica, Kathy, John, Sandy, Kim, Nancy
Summary:
We are trying to finish up today. So we are really trying to get things done. We are painting, priming, mudding … the whole works. They are putting up crown molding (Judy and Colleen) around the main room. Stuart and Gene are putting new casing around the windows. All new vents are in the ceiling as we get the ceiling done. Mort and John are doing the popcorn finish. Kim, Kathy, and Erica are really getting that painting done.
At noon Nancy had to go back to the Hospital to check on blood tests, Gene and Betsy wanted to see the church they worked on last year, Faith United Methodist in Pascagoula (Doc Tindale- Pastor). It looked really good so they called the pastor and he will see them at dinner or breakfast at the Vancleave church. Sandy and Nancy follow everyone around to sand, paint, mud, etc.
Recorded by: Nancy Balch
Betsy Wahl and Jane Fisher mudding the dry wall.
Top - Mort Gridley, Sr. helps John Jackson with protective covering in preparation for "popcorning" a ceiling. Lower Photo - Mort Gridley Jr and John applying the "popcorn" to the ceiling. Photos by Sandy Hall
Team Leader: Paul Riker
Team members today were: Paul, Bill Miller, Katie, Pete and Mary Ann
Summary: 
We completed the painting in one of the bedrooms and living/dining room. We started work on the family room and master bedroom suite. We have enjoyed getting to know Mary and help her get her house a little closer to completion. This is Bill’s last work day with us and we will miss him for his spirit and joy.
Recorded by: Mary Ann Riker 
Paul rolls paint on the ceiling while Mary Ann does the wall.
Photo by Kate Hall
Team Leader: Brad Hinman, Brian Thiel
Team members today were: The Twelve Disciples 1 : Brad, Brian, Terri, Patti, Dylan, & Ashley; The Twelve Disciples 2: Marie, Jeff, Marcia, Diane, Al & Frank
Summary: 
The day started again just like it has all week by with the loading of all the tools needed for the day’s job. Before leaving, we did a prayer to jump start us all. Today, although our combined team all went to the same house, we split into two groups, with half going up to work on roofing and the other half working inside with the team from Kansas.
When we arrived at the site, we found Team Kansas working hard at completing their project of painting and installing all the trim and doors in this 2300 sq ft house. The Disciples 1 headed for the roof. Now let me tell you… it was not just the run of the mill roof, requiring close to 99 bundles of
Brian Thiel, Marie DeWispelaere, Marcia Peters and Al Walker work as a team to get the shingles up to the roof.
shingles. The team
carried the bundles of shingles to different sections of the roof, laying them across the ridge. Then rest of the day was spent cutting and laying shingles, air nailing them, and fixing areas where there had been leaks. By the end of seven hours, every member of the roofing team was sore, but extremely happy with what they had accomplished. We should be able to complete the roof tomorrow.
Marie, Marcia and Jeff started the day by reinstalling all of the ceiling vents that they had taken down, scrubbed and painted yesterday. As Marie screwed in all the hardware, she realized that she had a whole group of muscles that she never knew she had. They then turned their attention to scraping all the plaster globs off the
Terri Persons, Brad Hinman, Brian Thiel and Ashley Dann working on the roof.
cement and tile floors and sweeping all of the rooms. Their biggest accomplishment was the painting of the 64 pane picture window in the
living room.
Al, Frank and Diane worked all day on installing outlets in all of the rooms- a real challenge with small electrical boxes, stiff wire, and live circuits. Several times, it was a “shocking experience” for Al and Frank and once we even had our own personal fireworks show, with sparks flying.
Nellie, the lady whose home we are working on, is 97 years old. We haven’t met her. She currently lives in a small assisted living house, until she can return to her home. She gets around in a wheel chair.
During Katrina, there was about 1 ½ ft of water throughout her home. Her house also has roof damage and collateral ceiling damage. Contractors replaced sheetrock, removed damaged electrical outlets and wiring, but Nellie ran out of money to complete the repairs needed to make her home inhabitable.
A team from Kansas visited her this afternoon. As a life-long Methodist, she is very appreciative of the work that has been done by the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission from Camp Hope.
Patti Gridley puts in an electrical outlet.
Recorded by: Patti, Terri and Diane
Team members today were: Lorraine, Jane, "Jeff"
Summary:
Today the inside work began on the new Camp Hope Disaster Relief building here in Vancleave. This building is 150’ X 70’ and is located behind the church. It will house over 70 volunteers and will have 6 showers and 8 sinks. Also included on the floor plan is a large kitchen. Insulation was begun with many groups working together. Jane worked inside the present buildings cleaning and helping in the kitchen.
Lorraine and Jeff install insulation in the new Disaster Relief Building at the Vancleave United Methodist Church.
