Trinity's BLOG

Raising inside walls

Family

Dedication

Curt Cavalier

Habitat & Thrivent Leaders

Hospitality folk

Teamwork

Creating outer walls

Raising the exterior walls

Building walls

Beginning work

Homeowner Sabah with volunteers Shawn & Amanda Bagne

Trinity Champion- David Barth

Day One of Blitz

Volunteers signing in.

Laying out walls in the rain

Driveway

Thrivent Sponsor

Concrete contractor

Iverson's at build site

Habitat Foundation

Trinity's Habitat home 2007- 601 20th Street South, Moorhead, MN

Break time

Break time, originally uploaded by tewold.

Messages

Messages, originally uploaded by tewold.

Messages from volunteers to the Katrina victims.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries, originally uploaded by tewold.

Almost all cemeteries in New Orleans are built above ground. All family members are entombed in one large vault.

Grace Lutheran Church

Grace Lutheran Church, originally uploaded by tewold.

Carson Walker in Grace Lutheran Church which was totally flooded out. The Concordia group last fall gutted it and cleaned it out so it can be rebuilt (in progress at this time). Carson is pointing to the high water mark.

Salvageable Houses

Salvageable Houses, originally uploaded by tewold.

More views of homes.

St. Bernard Parish

St. Bernard Parish, originally uploaded by tewold.

Here are some houses that didn't survive the onslaught of the storm surges. It is in St. Bernard Parish, the hardest hit area around New Orleans. The levee had been built to hold back 20 foot waves and Katrina produced 30 foot waves. So many homes in this area were wiped out. However, several blocks away from the levees, the majority of the homes are salvageable. We worked for two 1/2 days in one such home.