Rebuilding Together Houston

Meet Rose.  Having saved up enough money, she decided it was time to replace the siding on her house. She looked around for a contractor and found one who promised to take the siding off of her house and replace it with new siding.  After removing the siding and taking the full amount of money, he was never to be seen again. Rose was left to endure the winds of hurricane Ike in a house without any siding.

Thankfully, Rose became aware of an organization known as Rebuilding Together Houston, who sent First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood, the church I work for as a student minister, to finish the work on Rose's home.  One of the work weekends, we took some FPC-Kingwood high school students out to help Rose. They were eager to scrape and paint and hammer. It was also great to watch the interactions between the high school students and the other church members.  As a student minister, you realize any opportunity to have adults and students working together towards a common goal is a good opportunity.  

Here are some pictures from the event:

Before:

working hard:
After: