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Rector's Blog
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Day 2 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
The man (Mr. Jones) whose house we're building is looking forward to it being finished. After the hurricane, it was flooded beyond repair. When his house is finished, he can bring his wife home. She's in a nursing home and he has no way to care for her at home because the FEMA trailer they have isn't that large. So he's anxious for this to be finished soon.
We're putting up hurricane straps on the outside walls, interior walls today, and helping to put up the tresses when they arrive.
Yesterday we got oriented on the site and hit it hard from the late morning through four. The heat here is intense. With the heat index, it was near 110 and very humid. We are drinking lots of water. The kids are really putting themselves into this work.
Last night after getting back we went for a dive in the gulf, showered, ate, and then headed over to the church (also a quonset hut: the church blew away) to reflect on the day. We talked about how this effort we're making is joining God in his mission down here. We looked at how Jesus takes bread, and in this choosing we can see a great theme throughout Scripture and our lives—how we're invited to join God to serve others in our world. We were quite tired, but we pulled through with some worship and then headed to bed.
This morning we got to the site at 7 a.m. to work and we'll end at 3—it's going to be hotter today than yesterday, so we're adjusting to make the most of cooler hours.
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