Cleaning Up in Cedar Rapids

Roy Pettibone, Bill Werner and Toby Lawrence members of First United Methodist in Marion along with 8 college students and father in law Rev. Emmanuel Tablisema “mucked” out the home of Rev. Courtney Ball today. First, the garage was cleaned and the floor power washed so that undamaged things from the upper level of the home could be stored. Second the cleaning of the house where the water was 7 or 8 feet high began. Furniture, appliances, cupboards all were placed on the curb for disposal while glassware and salvageable items were cleaned. Then, bucket by bucket several inches of muck was taken out of the basement. This is first wave cleaning and will be needed on literally thousands of homes in the Cedar Rapids area in the next few weeks.