Another Update

We just got done with another day of hard work! We had people at several different houses once again doing a variety of different tasks. Most of our teams have had the opportunity to interact with their homeowners pretty extensively over the course of the week, so it has been fun to get to know them better. It's also been fun because many teams are nearing the end of the jobs they have been working on. One team finished the roof it was working on today, another team finished up a couple of jobs that they have been mudding and sanding for three days in a row, and another team finished cleaning out and sanitizing several houses they have been working on the past several days. It's fun to be at a point where we can look back and see all the progress we have made in our short time here!

Tonight we also had a BBQ in the big community tent. We were honored to host John and Dot (the homeowners whose roof we have been repairing), Ray (a homeowner we are working with who lost his wife during the storm) and his friend Les and Burt, and Linda (the homeowner we met last time we were working here through First Baptist Church and whose house we have been working on in the evenings). It was a fun time of eating and talking together. We also sang some worship songs and Tony shared his story of how he became a Christ follower. All in all, it was a great evening!

I'm getting ready for bed tonight with mixed emotions about tomorrow being our last day of work. We are all tired out and ready to sleep in our own beds again, but it's hard to leave when there is still so much work to be done. Once again, I am compelled to tell others about the true situation down here in Mississippi and how the need is much greater than you can imagine. If you can come and help, I hope and pray you will do it soon!

(posted by Rebecca at 9:17 pm on 3/16/06)