The fun continues... Day two!

Another interesting day and a chance for the entire group to be open minded and flexible. We all ended up in East Biloxi. We ended up splitting up by skills and willingness to learn new skills. Our group split into 3 work teams. One team finished drywall. A second team helped build inside wall framing for a new house, and our third team worked on building a deck.

Some of today's pictures show the new construction of a home being built for a woman named Patty. She lost her home entirely during the storm. Her FEMA trailer is still parked on her property; and this is where she has lived for nearly two years. As you can see by the scaffolding and concrete pillars, this is the new flood level for homes being built.

It was another extremely hot one - and we've learned to drink lots of water and to start drinking before we even feel thirsty. We had some close calls with heat and illness the first work day.

We experienced a true gulf thunder and lightning storm yesterday. We ended up having to knock off about an hour early because of it. Luckily, it was more over in the Biloxi area than at our camp. This is VERY lucky, since the pods flood from the bottom if there is much rain.

We had a birthday celebration for Pastor Myers. We enjoyed cake and ice cream. He was given some gifts and for extra pizzazz, a bubble machine from Wal-Mart provided even more excitement! I know that the gifts his family sent along helped with him being away from his family.

Because of the heat and humidity, we are encouraged to take an afternoon off sometime this week. We have picked Wednesday. We'll work from around 7:30 to 12:30, then head back to camp, get showered and will be heading over to New Orleans. This should be quite an experience for those who have never been there, as well as the rest of us who haven't been there for many years.

Wednesday is also the day with the least amount of camp chores for us, so it works out well. We have dinner Thursday night and Devotions Friday night. Hallie will be leading our Devotions.

Until tomorrow . . .

Blessings,

~Your Faith Team