Mendham Hills Community Church trip to Waveland, Mississippi for Hurricane Katrina Clean-up and Rebuilding.
Day 2 — Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 — Repairing, Spackling, Sanding.
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We were honored to be able to work on the house of Tommy Longo, mayor of Waveland, Mississippi. The family has nine foster children. |

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Major exterior repairs have been completed and sheetrock installed. |

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This is the living room to the left of the front entrance. Remember what it looks like now as you'll be seeing it painted later on. |

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The crew is smiling and anxious to get going. |

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George Davie starts spackling. |

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That's Ken Rex behind the mask with a sanding block in his hand. |

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Bruce Johnson cuts through the nails holding a French door that was put in backwards and too low by a previous volunteer team. |

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Team leader Ron Hadley with a container full of spackle. |

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Mike Petrin gets a breath of fresh air after hours of sanding. |

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Dave Ahl lugs in the shop vac. |

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Teri Kleiza contemplates vacuuming up a mountain of sanding dust. |

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Bill Janssen preparing to make more dust. |

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In an upstairs bedroom. |

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Dave remounted all of the electric outlets and switches to compensate for the boxes being set in the wall too deep. |

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Gary Borcherding neatens up the pile of spackling, sanding, and painting supplies in the middle of the family room. |
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