Bethel College January 2007 Mississippi Team

Day Four - Becca and Ben's project

Ben Slocum and Becca Staples in the process of installing a shower.


Becca Staples helping to install a shower. Hey it works.......yeah!!!


Becca after the project is done!

Devastation in Gulfport, Mississippi still

What's left over from a gas station


Apartment Building left untouched since Hurricane Katrina

Day Four - More Demolition

Demolition for the second day

House that the team tore down


Jordan Harper tearing siding down from house.


Patrick Cobley tearing apart the roof, he thinks he's king of the world......NOT!!!


Lisa Smit tearing down siding from house.

Jessica Nelson, little girl they met, Autumn Good-Turney
Pile of stuff that was taken out of the house.


Melody Mierau checking out what's left of the house.



Lisa Smith using a mallet to break and tear down the cement bricks.

Friday Evening

It is 6pm here in Gulfport, Mississippi and we have had our supper of Shrimp Scampi, Crab cakes, and left overs from the week. We will be leaving here at 6:30pm and will travel through the night and be to Bethel College estimated time of 12noon Saturday.

Thank you again for your prayers and support. This trip would not have possible without you. Once back to Bethel we can share stories and pictures with each of you.

Thank you again!

Signing off from Gulfport, Mississippi -

The Bethel College January 2007 Mississippi Task Force Team

Work Day Four - Friday

We have had our day of WORK. Pictures of Friday will be uploaded on Monday due to the busy schedule and not having time to post pictures. But here's a little of our day.

Monday we woke up to warm temperatures and a great sunrise. It was sunny and clear and it looked to be a great day. We all loaded up on the bus and headed to a home that had not been lived in for about a year, but there was about three trash dumpster's full of stuff. We started off the morning cleaning out six rooms and tearing off the roof and the siding.

In the afternoon we started the demolition of the house and by 4:00pm we had it down to the ground. It was quite the project, but we were blessed by being able to meet the family whose 101 year old father had his stuff.

Pictures of the demolition will be up on the website Monday by noon.

Day Three

Demolition of a garage

Moving items out of the garage first
Jordan Harper, Alex Moses, Josh Hellman, Autumn Good-Turney

Cutting the electric.................um, is the power disconnected??

Emily Wilcoxson pulling the wired through.

Sarah Aarseth mudding the drywall.

Lisa Smit mudding the drywall.

Kari Kendall, Autumn Good-Turney, Josh Hellman ready for demolition

Patrick Cobley demolishing the garage
Becca Staples demolishing the garage


Autumn Good-Turney demolishing the garage
Beda Dodge demolishing the garage

Sarah Aarseth demolishing the garage

Josh Hellman demolishing the garage
Alex Moses demolishing the garage
Jordan Harper working with Melody Mierau

Jordan Harper demolishing the garage

Kari Kendall demolishing the garage

And finishing up the job............