CURB APPEAL

Introducing the Biloxi Bunch, otherwise known as the Deutsch Landscapers.

Craig has explained it all to you in a previous post. He walked you through the disappointments of not being able to use our hammers or wear our tool belts. But what we haven't walked you through yet is what our week of work will mean to these families.

What we did this past week wasn't the most glamourous job, in fact I don't think any of us have sweated more in our lives. But of the 28 houses of the block that we worked on this week, Habitat still has many more to place families into. When these new families drive down into this development they will be making first impressions, we have helped make those first impressions good ones. When they have friends and families over to BBQ, they will be able to do it safely in their own backyard with out car parts getting in the way. And when their children want to go out and play in the yard, their parents won't have to be worried that they will step on a stray nail or piece or barbed wire. We did that!

We were told at the beginning of the week that it takes a bunch of people to get a house built from start to finish. We were told that there were some jobs that might not be the most glamourous. I even over heard a group of America Corp volunteers talk about how jealous our group must have been of them, because all we were doing "was moving dirt from here to there". But what no one knew was that our little Biloxi Bunch didn't care what it was that needed to be done, we were there to do it regardless. We gave those new families something to be proud of, by "moving dirt from here to there", one wheel barrel at a time. We did it, we did it well, and we blew the rest of them away by doing more than was ever expected of us.

We wish these families well. We hope that we moved all those car parts, stray nails, pieces of barbed wire, fish netting, and concrete out of the yard, so that you can enjoy your house from the outside in. Have a great first impression, BBQ, and a great afternoon in the yard with your children. We did it all for you, with LOVE!

—Alyssa