Our House e-newsletter March & April 2014 | Page 13

Just Another Job?
Other than occasional reminders of his own
interest in working outside with powerful
machinery, Wiles prefers not to get too
personally involved with each project. Most
of the workers don’t. They don’t think often
about the importance of this particular
project, and they haven’t noticed much of
the media coverage about it.
As Wiles says, this is “just another job,”
although when he was sent here he was told
it was “a high-profile job.” Wiles, Eddie
Sledge, and Billy Fulmer see the importance
of the new building because all three are
fathers, but they still say they prefer not to
get too close to the job. Except for one.
Eddie Sledge, a Little Rock native who now
lives in Mayflower, made a connection when
he found out what the impact of this building
will be on the whole community, especially
the families of Our House. “If you’ve got a
heart at all it’s pretty emotional when you’re
dealing with stuff like that.”
When he started working on the Children’s
Center in January, all Sledge knew about
Our House was 8