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First Baptist Roswell

Serving In Gulf Coast
June 18, 2022
Community: Lake Charles
Partner: Mount Olive Baptist Church, Southwest Louisiana Disaster Response
Staff: Justin Jones, Katelyn Breazeale, Cara Juergens

Arrival

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 19, 2022 2:35 PM

We arrived in Louisiana last night! This morning we participated in an awesome service led by the pastor at Mount Olive. We are very excited to see what God can do for us and how much He can use us this week. 

Arrival

Louisiana background

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 19, 2022 2:41 PM

After church, we got a briefing on the recent tragedies that Louisiana has been through and one thing we noticed was the sign that said “God's love is amazing” which was so cool to see how His love endures forever. 
Louisiana background

Service Day 1

by Cara Juergens | June 20, 2022 10:39 AM

This morning we are working on demolishing the inside of a family's house, which was impacted by the natural disaster this last year.

Service Day 1

Drywall

by Cara Juergens | June 20, 2022 12:22 PM

After lunch we started taking out the dry wall on the ceiling!!

Drywall

Instructions

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 20, 2022 11:31 PM

We listened to Wes as he told us what to do with the drywall that we were installing in the sanctuary 

Instructions

Words of encouragement

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 20, 2022 11:32 PM

The girls decided to brighten the walls up with some encouragement 
Words of encouragement

Ready boys

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 20, 2022 11:34 PM

These boys were eager to come and recover some walls that needed some extra help from all the hurricane damage. 

Ready boys

Day 2

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 21, 2022 11:16 AM

Putting more dry wall up today! 

Day 2

Drill team

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 21, 2022 11:18 AM

Our girls have done an awesome job of drilling screws into the drywall 
Drill team

Clean crew

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 21, 2022 11:19 AM

Happy hearts that helped clean up the mess we have made. 
Clean crew

Mudders

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 21, 2022 11:20 AM

We are putting mud on the walls so you can’t see holes in the wall for the finished project 
Mudders

Demo

by Cara Juergens | June 21, 2022 12:32 PM

This morning we ripped up the floors in the kitchen to replace the rotten wood underneath the tile! Although we got a little dirty, we have loved giving back to the community of Lake Charles!

Demo

Rebuilding

by Cara Juergens | June 21, 2022 12:34 PM

We began by ripping out a piece of the floor in the living room and replacing some beams that were rotten by the AC in the house! Our adults are working hard :)
Rebuilding

Destroying

by Cara Juergens | June 21, 2022 1:34 PM

We loved getting to demo again today! Adele really gave us the energy we needed!!

Destroying

Day 3

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 22, 2022 9:54 AM

We are finishing up at the church in the closets mudding 

Day 3

Day 3

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 22, 2022 9:54 AM

Mudding the bathroom behind the baptistery 
Day 3

Day 3

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 22, 2022 9:57 AM

The last closet that has to be mudded!
Day 3

Last day

by Cara Juergens | June 22, 2022 10:22 AM

Today we are measuring for the installation to prepare for the drywall! we are almost done rebuilding what we demoed due to hurricane damage! We have enjoyed getting to serve Mr. Jackson this week :)

Last day

Installing the drywall

by Cara Juergens | June 22, 2022 11:49 AM

We have officially started putting in drywall!! it is starting to come back together!
Installing the drywall

Swamp boat tour

by Cara Juergens | June 23, 2022 2:30 PM

We started off our rec day with a great Swamp boat tour!! Thank you captain Eli for a great tour :)

Swamp boat tour

Blue crabbing

by Cara Juergens | June 23, 2022 2:33 PM

After our swamp boat tour we headed out to Blue Crab recreation! So far we’ve been pretty successful! We are enjoying our time here in Lake Charles :)
Blue crabbing

Crabbing

by Katelyn Breazeale | June 23, 2022 9:48 PM

We caught a bunch of crabs but this one was the biggest! 

Crabbing

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