Our third week of NOMADS work was at a new construction house. The owner is a 80ish year old woman whose house was literally blown in half by Katrina. She’s been living with her daughter for the past three years, waiting for assistance. The United Methodist disaster response group started the project six weeks ago and already the house is dried in and ready for floors. Due to my new-found skill, Drew and I were asked to lay the laminate flooring in the living room, hallway, and two bedrooms. I feel pretty good that in three days we were able to accomplish that task. And even better, we did it with only a little waste! Measuring for notches around doorways and closets, plus allowing for slightly crooked walls, was the challenge and where our boo boos usually occurred. Actually, they were MY mistakes, because Drew just cut what I gave him! Judging from the continuing progress, Miss Ophelia should be in her new house in April. Seeing the joy and anticipation of the homeowners has been the best part of our volunteer work here.
The local independent TV station did a segment on NOMADS and our leaders, Marley and Nancy Walker. You can view it at CoastProjectMedia.com. Click on “watch episodes” under Up the River [left side of page], then click on Nomads (yellow button under the video window), then click forward arrow. You'll have to suffer through commercials, but you'll get a good idea of our NOMADS work.
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