Day 2 - A Walk in Chalmette

We took a walk in Chalmette before our workday began. Most of this day was summed up in the Servants Unite blog.

But something that stood out for me was the driver who stopped beside us as we walked around the block. She asked us if we were volunteers, and we answered that we were. Even though we hadn't done any work for her, and she barely even knew us, she thanked us for being there.

"You don't know how much this means to all of us," she said.

We got to work later in the day. I joined a team with six other people. We went to do mudding work to finish the appearance of the home owner's drywall. This was very different for me, because on my previous trips, I had worked to tear the stuff down since it had been damaged by flooding. It felt good not to see all the studs in the house. It felt even better to see all the spaces between the drywall get filled in and all the screw holes covered up.

But drywall mudding takes up to three coats to finalize it. It has to dry off, and then be sanded before the next coat, so we had our work cut out for us. At the end of the day, we were still not finished, so we promised we would return.

After mucking, this did not feel like work, but I was glad we were doing it.