St. Stephen's Church Anoka - June 2014

Hey! Don't I (A)no(ka) you?? Ok ok... so that was a poor play on words, but don't let that turn you away from reading about this amazing group of young people. A group of high school students from St. Stephen Church waaaaay up in Minnesota spent nearly 24 hours in a charter bus to volunteer in New Orleans the last week of June. Now that's dedication, folks. Their trip was not in vein. During their stay with HisHands2Go these high school students and their chaperones accomplished a great deal of tasks, and progressed several projects much closer to completion. They split up to work on 3 jobsites:

 

 1) Philippi Evangelical Church of God in Christ has been rebuilding their children's building for the last few years, receiving assistance from several HisHands2Go volunteer teams. The building is looking fantastic! This group from St. Stephen's spent their time painting the inside of the double shotgun down in the lower 9th ward.

2) Ms. Esther Joseph has been sanding, pressure washing, and doing her best to prepare the exterior of her home for a much needed repainting. The previous week HH2G sent volunteers to assist with the sanding and pressure washing the wooden house, but this week the volunteers began the painting process, in addition to replacing rotting boards and sanding around the windows. The two weeks of volunteers has progressed the work on her home by several weeks!

 

3) Pastor Bates, who is establishing a church in a neighborhood fairly close to HH2G headquarters, is redoing a beautiful and uniquely shaped building. St. Stephen's volunteers started the sheetrock (drywall) process, hanging many many panels of sheetrock to create walls in the church.

Good Shepherd Church Youth - June 2014

Catholic Missions Trips arranged for Good Shepherd Church Life teens to join HisHands2Go the last week of June, and what a lively bunch. This crew undertook the job of painting Ms. Cutno's home a beautiful bright yellow. These young people braved the rain, heat, sunshine, tall ladders, and a squirt gun attack from their chaperones! Amidst all of these challenges, they certainly accomplished a great deal of work.

St. Vivian Church Youth - June 2014

The month of June always ushers in the youth group from St. Vivian Church in OH. This June was no different, and it brought some new faces with it. The St. Viv group continued the exterior painting job on Ms. Angel and Mr. Nelson's home. The house is a vibrant purple, and now they have a purple chain-link fence to match! The group spent the week not only painting the fence, but also scraping and repainting the large wooden window shutters, and finishing some detail painting around the exterior of the house. As always, Mr. Nelson kept the experience unique and memorable.

The group even got to witness Mr. Okra and his produce truck rolling through the neighborhood.

We worked Eileen so hard her shoe fell apart!