Planting Love and Harvesting Hope

 
One of the privileges of working with HisHands2Go is to see the effects of the changes happening in people's hearts as a result of their experience rebuilding in New Orleans.  Volunteers of various ages, races, cultures, and backgrounds are susceptible to this change.  There's just something amazing that happens in a person when they've spent significant time- their own personal time- investing in another person.  In the setting of HisHands2Go work, people are rebuilding homes for people who have lost much.  They are loving them by hammering nails, tearing down rotting wood, and listening to the stories of the people they are assisting.

The Harvest Bible Chapel team from Illinois has returned for a 3rd year of working alongside HH2G.  For several high-schoolers this was their 2nd or 3rd trip here.  Though we do not see them between their trips, we see a change in they way they work, how they interact with the homeowners, their leadership with the other students.  What a privilege we have.

The Harvest Bible Chapel team picked up the work where the IU team left off with Mr. Desoto "Bobby" Jackson and Mr. Cambell, and even started a new job- a demolition job!  Right off of Canal St. a home was not only damaged by the hurricane, but nearly burned down completely.  A large group of the students attacked the garage out back and cleared out the bushes and weeds on the property.  I just love those kinds of jobs!

Thanks Harvest!  Ya'll did an awesome job this week and we look forward to seeing you next year!