Bright Orange House!

Hey everyone! We have all had hard, but great days here in New Orleans. These past two days, my group and I have been working on a very cute, bright ORANGE house! When we got there we were very surprised to see this choice of color painted on the outside of the house. The outside is not the only colorful part to the house. Every room is painted a different color; blue, yellow, green, or brown. Claude, the man who can’t wait to move into this house, chose the colors and was very proud that it would soon be his. He is a very nice man and was just glad to see people coming to work on his house. The first day our group worked on putting up shutters, repainting them, then redoing a floor that had already been hastily put down by the previous group that worked on the house, and obviously only cared about finishing and not how it looked. Much like our other groups, we have been trying to fix mistakes made by previous groups, which has been kind of annoying. However, after working the first whole day in the house I definitely saw a huge difference in the house. The second day Tawn and I worked hard to clean out a bathtub that had been used, by the previous work group to clean brushes and things covered in that orange paint! By the end of the day we had spent several hours cleaning out the tub and it was a great difference that Claude really appreciated. That was my main project for the day along with some caulking and putting in transitions under the doors. When we finished working I took some pictures of the neighborhood and the mobile home Claude and his family were living in. I realized how excited him and his family must be to move into an actual home that was not on wheels. It will be such a change, and I will have helped to make it! That makes me feel great about what I am doing here. I can’t wait to see you all! I miss you Mom and Dad! Love you all!!!
~Alex DeWulf