Some of you may know that a regular Tuesday crew member, Bob Peirson, has been working for a Habitat affiliate in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Today we got an Email from Bob with some of his thoughts on working in the devastated Gulf region. Bob writes:

"This is Bob Peirson of the Tuesday crew. I participated in a two week Care-a-Van build with Bayou Area HfH in Thibodaux, La. They have a development of 56 houses, of which the first 12 are under construction.
These houses are Operation Home Delivery homes. Unfortunately, the OHD houses only amounted to 'frame panels'. That was it. So in the end, these only saved the local affiliate about $1200 a house.
All the homes are 1000 sq ft three bedroom, one bath homes. There are 4 basic designs.
We camped on site, which was nice. It was so handy to walk to 'work'. They have full hookups for about 12 RV's. The RV people number about 20. There are also three houses used as dorms for various groups, including about 12 AmeriCorps volunteers. The rest of the volunteers are from other groups, such as college or high school kids.
A pavilion at one corner of the development is the focal point for the morning devotionals and meeting, breaks and lunch.
Managementis a bit 'stretched'. One manager guides the 50+ people on site each day. In the end, the actual management gravitates to a few volunteers knowledgeable in construction.
Since there so many houses under construction at one time, one can find any aspect of house building somewhere on this site.
Construction here is 'on a slab'. Contractors do the plumbing and concrete work, then the electrical. Volunteers do the rest, except the dry wall finishing.
The land here is flat, cut by bayous. They measure distance above sea level in inches.
We made a lot of progress these two weeks and the affiliate took good care of us."

Thanks for the update and hard work, Bob. It's good to have you home!