A crew of 13 Luther students and a professor who assisted in the construction of Bill Kolbush’s home in Escatawpa, Mississippi, were fortunate enough to have a news crew from the local Biloxi ABC affiliate come to share their story on the 6:00 news. This crew also worked with LATCH, which stands for Lutherans Acting [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Luther Volunteers Featured on WLOX-ABC Biloxi
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reflecting on the Habitat Trip in 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I went on my second Habitat for Humanity trip down to Ocean Springs, Mississippi with our group from Luther. It was another great experience similar to the first one but also vastly different in many ways. For example when we got to New Orleans it was still interesting and exciting but a lot [...]
A Day of Concrete
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday was the day we poured the concrete out at Scott’s house. It was hard work, but with a strong crew the work went quickly–busted water lines and all!
A Word from an Alum
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is my first Habitat trip. I have wanted to go on such a trip for years and read in last year’s Luther magazine that alumni had joined Luther students in Mississippi to help with rebuilding after Katrina. I decided this would be my chance to try the trip. I am totally unskilled in the [...]
Concrete crew
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week I was part of a crew that poured the concrete floor for the garage of Scott Randall in Moss Point, Mississippi. There was a lot of work that had to be done before we could pour the actual concrete. First, we had to spread a few inches of sand and dirt in the [...]
Blessed
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“How are you doing today?”
In a fast-paced world, where people pass so quickly and the time for a conversation is fleeting, this question seems to often escape the lips of one person, without another offering a response. Other times the response is short-a simple “good”, or “okay”. But nothing more. Because there isn’t much time. [...]
And Now… A Word from Jimbo
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was very impressed at how hard Luther college students worked on Mr Kolbush’s roof. I drove up and some of them had mud under their eyes. I didn’t know if it was training to be commandos or what. It was very muddy but everybody was happy. They had me take their picture on the [...]
Roofing crew
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LATCH had the opportunity to do another roofing project with students from Luther. This roof was challenging because of concerns about the low slope and because it was being created on the top of a mobile home that had been badly damaged. Part of the group had to work inside repairing the walls so that [...]
Southern Hospitality
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been here in the swamps of Mississippi for about four days now, and that popular notion of “Southern hospitality” has proved to be very accurate. Today I switched job locations, from the tiny bathroom where I’ve been drywalling for the past two days to a trailer, where I helped the team shingle today. [...]
One Piece of the Jigsaw Puzzle at a Time
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so here’s the deal: I’m a freshman this year, so I’m obviously a first-timer on the trip. I went on a dental mission trip to Haiti last year, but I’ve never done anything like this before and I wasn’t sure what to expect. One thing that did strike me almost immediately after [...]
