Submitted by philip on Tue, 08/27/2013 - 14:42 World Changers students pause in their work at an elderly woman's home near Covington at 10:02 a.m. to say a Luke 10:2 prayer, where Jesus told his disciples the harvest is great but the laborers are few By Mark H. Hunter, Regional reporter Ponchatoula, Covington – Bernadine Cattladge couldn’t get outside of her Ponchatoula home to see what dozens of World Changers teens were doing to it, but she could hear laughing voices and pounding hammers. When she was shown digital photos of a dozen teens putting a fresh coat of paint on the exterior walls, tears welled up in her brown eyes. “Oh - I appreciate it so very much,” the bedridden woman, 68, said. “It looks so much better!” Chandra Jackson, Miss Bernadine’s adult daughter and caregiver, stepped out onto the front porch to see how Bailey Newton, 15, of South Crescent Baptist of McDonough, Ga., was doing painting the ceiling. “You’re doing a great job!” she told him with a big smile. “I’m just here to serve,” he humbly replied. Two World Changers projects were held in Louisiana in June: the first in the Hammond-Ponchatoula area and the second in the Covington area. Another two projects, all with the theme “Change the … [Read more...]