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Build a House in a Parking lot
 UMM sponsor a Katrina house building project in a church parking lot. 
Churches across denominational lines are coming together to help a family in crisis. |
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UMM in Georgia are sponsoring a home build in a church parking lot, June 6th for the Allday family of Pascagoula, MS.
At the time Katrina hit, Ginger and her father Jack Allday lived in their home in Pascagoula. Jack was profoundly ill with Alzheimer's, heart disease and other medical complications.
Ginger was his caregiver through his illness and he passed away on Christmas Day 2007.
In March 2008, after eight years in remission, Ginger was diagnosed with a recurrence of liver cancer. At this time it is in remission again. |
Prior to her father's death, Ginger's son, Dustin and his two children moved in in order for Dustin to assist in his grandfather's care. In the summer of 2008, Dustin was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease that is expected to lead to total blindness.
Their home sustained over 50% damage. Mississippi United Methodist response repaired the bathroom so the family would have grooming facilities. The family was told they could rebuild if they elevated 18 inches. They lowest estimate came in at $49,500. The subfloor was severely damaged and was basically on the ground since 2005. Contractors submitting estimates were very troubled by the probability of the house surviving a lift.
After review it was determined that in the interest of safety the house should be torn down. The family is currently in a MEMA (Mississippi Emergency Management Agency) cottage. However, they are only authorized to be in it for a limited time. It is set to be removed shortly.
Pray that an exemption will be granted by local authorities for the family to remain in the cottage as their home is being constructed.
Volunteers are gathering on June 6th to frame the walls of the Allday home in the parking lot of New Covenant UMC, Douglasville, GA.
Under the leadership of the local fellowship of UMM, workers will be framing the interior and exterior walls of the home and loading it on a truck for Mississippi that day.
This type of project has proven successful before. In 2008 at Creekside UMC of North Georgia, 150 volunteers framed and loaded a 2000 square foot home for a Katrina survivor in Mississippi and had it loaded on the truck and leaving the parking lot within hours.
This pattern of assistance to forgotten families can be done by men's groups as a way to bring hope to folks who thought hope had left.
To learn more about this project and how your men's unit might take part or to learn how you might replicate this kind of work in your area visit www.newcovumc.com/house
or email house@newcovumc.com
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