Helping someone I met through Freecycle

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Yahoo has a bunch of groups out there, and one of them is out there primarily to keep unwanted items out of the landfills. People offer and ask for things, and everyone wins there. I met a woman there, in that group a couple of months ago who offered to help someone out with some things after her apartment flooded. I had offered to take these things to her. It's about free things, but the other day, the cafe got a discussion going about cleaning companies and slave wages. I'd posted something about when I was cleaning, and what the company was paying. One thing led to another, and this woman emailed me asking me if I was looking for work, and telling me that she really needed help. I am well aware of the condition her apartment is in, I was there before, and it's in sad shape. You see, this lady is older and disabled and can't do much physically for herself, which I totally understand. She's very ashamed of what her place looks like, and I don't blame her. She'd had a cleaning lady before, but she quit, couldn't handle the state of the apartment. But some people just can't deal with extremely messy apartments, but I'm willing to deal with it. I feel bad for this lady, she's really nice and doesn't deserve to live in squalor, which is why I agreed to help her out. She'll be paying me, as well as my husband, he'll be doing her laundry while I do the house cleaning. Since she can't bend down to clean up after her cats, her bathroom is a horrible mess, those cats made a mess all over it. That's going to be a challenge to clean up, but I'm all for it. I can't wait to see the transformation of her apartment, from so messy and dirty, to as spotless as possible. After that, I'll be helping her on a weekly basis, to make sure that her place stays clean. Afterall, I'm sure that the property management company doesn't appreciate her being such a dirty person. However, I can't judge her, it's not her fault that she can't keep up with the mess, but sometimes I think that she should be living with other people who can help her take care of herself, but she's so independent. She's a smart woman, she is self employed, has been for years, and has also been trying to downsize the amount of junk she has in her place. I'll do whatever it takes to help her out, I'm sure that she'll be much happier once I'm done. She'll have clean laundry, thanks to my husband, and a clean apartment thanks to me. The satisfaction I will receive from helping out another person, is enough to make me feel good about myself. And I'll help make her feel better as well.