Day 5 - More work…and a little road trip
We started the day by being split into two groups…Rob, Kevin, Mark, and Nicki would work on continuing to put siding on a house. Steve, Eric, and our friend Steve from San Diego (a teacher I may have mentioned in an earlier post) and Dave (another new friend - a Doctor from Charleston, SC) went to the “warehouse”.
The siding crew was tasked with siding the front of a porch roof, which we actually started twice…once kind of quickly, and a second time nice and level and with the angles cut correctly. So while Kevin tried to make sure we didn’t fall off the scafolding, and did a great job of keeping the nails and tools coming, we cut and sided a porch for what seemed liks a long time…especially with the morning Sun being quite hot today. I guess just 2 tries isn’t bad when your siding crew includes a Pastor, Computer Guy and a Hairdresser.
The “warehouse” crew spent the morning (did I mention this was about the hottest morning yet) in a non-air condiitoned warehouse sorting roofing shingles. It seems somehow the packages were opened on many, and the palettes and packages have gooten scrambled over time and there was also some incident where some mischief was involved.
Anyway…it seems they got through it somehow…heat…ants…spiders…roaches…filth…building looking like it could fall over.
Part of our team was through for the day at lunch time and we were planning an evening drive to New Orleans.
Rob, Mark, and Nicki spent a couple of hours after lunch doing some more of the siding…we have a series of pictures that I hope to get loaded soon. Nicki got a bit of sunburn today on her back that was bothering her, but its not super bad.
We all got cleaned up, and headed to New Orleans for the evening. We took a little detour onto Route 11 so we could see more of the country side, and take an alternate bride over the large Lake here instead of the highway. There is still an unbelievable amount of devastation around New Orleans that is strange to see so far after the storm came through.
We walked along the Mississippi river, had dinner at a restaurant near the Convention Center that Rob was familiar with, and the drove around a bit more too see some more sights before heading back to Hattiesburg. Its about a 2 hour drive each way…maybe a little shorter.
We ended the day with our almost daily jaunt to the Walmart for a few more groceries.
We have been hearing through word of mouth from team members, via email, and this blog about people thinking about us a praying for us. Your support and encouragement really make this a even better experience.
Keep up the good work!
