As you know, Uncle Terry and RJ recently travelled to Mississippi to help build houses with Habitat for Humanity. Here are Terry's own poignant words describing the experience:
RJ and I spent a week in Mississippi working for Habitat for Humanity. It was a very moving experience because I met some wonderful people who volunteer for this effort. They impressed me so much that I wrote a verse to honor them.....
A Tribute to the Habitat for Humanity Volunteers
Who are these people who have come so far?
Traveling by plane and bus and car.
People who could be anywhere but here
Giving up family time they hold so dear.
They are people who heard the call of the storm Katrina
They come year after year because they are needed.
College students and church groups and pairs of friends
Sent to Camp Victor by homefolks who hearts did bend.
When a 30 foot tide pummeled this coast
The country’s worst storm is what they could boast.
As many as 70,000 homes were lost
More than $81 billion was the cost.
And now that four years have past
The help continues but will it last?
We served this year in a group of ten
Committed and selfless were these men!
Regular guys named Rich, Tony and Fred
Craig was the leader with Pastor Jim and Ed.
Completing the team was RJ, AL and Bob
Ready to serve, no matter what the job.
Hats off to the Camp Victor staff, Loren, Reggie and Eddie
Day after day, they help teams be ready.
Symbols on the walls so teams are remembered
Serving those whose lives were dismembered.
From the ceiling girders, they will hang a shirt
While at the jobsite, from no task do they shirk.
They begin the day’s work with prayer that inspires
They set big goals and always strive higher.
They build a house where grateful people will live.
Whatever is asked, they continue to give.
Despite the hard work, the dirt and the grime
They are building new lives one day at a time.
The hearts of the needy will hold the memory
Of teams doing God’s work for all to see.
To offer a cup of cold water in Jesus name
In the end, it is the reason the volunteers came.
Bob Nealon
March, 2010
Who are these people who have come so far?
Traveling by plane and bus and car.
People who could be anywhere but here
Giving up family time they hold so dear.
They are people who heard the call of the storm Katrina
They come year after year because they are needed.
College students and church groups and pairs of friends
Sent to Camp Victor by homefolks who hearts did bend.
When a 30 foot tide pummeled this coast
The country’s worst storm is what they could boast.
As many as 70,000 homes were lost
More than $81 billion was the cost.
And now that four years have past
The help continues but will it last?
We served this year in a group of ten
Committed and selfless were these men!
Regular guys named Rich, Tony and Fred
Craig was the leader with Pastor Jim and Ed.
Completing the team was RJ, AL and Bob
Ready to serve, no matter what the job.
Hats off to the Camp Victor staff, Loren, Reggie and Eddie
Day after day, they help teams be ready.
Symbols on the walls so teams are remembered
Serving those whose lives were dismembered.
From the ceiling girders, they will hang a shirt
While at the jobsite, from no task do they shirk.
They begin the day’s work with prayer that inspires
They set big goals and always strive higher.
They build a house where grateful people will live.
Whatever is asked, they continue to give.
Despite the hard work, the dirt and the grime
They are building new lives one day at a time.
The hearts of the needy will hold the memory
Of teams doing God’s work for all to see.
To offer a cup of cold water in Jesus name
In the end, it is the reason the volunteers came.
Bob Nealon
March, 2010
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