Day Six

We were awakened by U2’s “The Streets Have No Name” this morning. Those opposed to getting out of bed were drug outside… the only one actually being Carli, by Rob Howard, Taylor M. and Kevin. During breakfast, the camp director discussed the dress code with our group, of which we were horrible offenders. It is apparent that the culture here is quite different then that at home. We had eggos for breakfast with bacon. After breakfast we went to the Urban Life Ministries where another tent city was built. This is where we were given our assignments. We signed our lives away, yet again.

The group was split up into four groups. One group stayed at camp to help clean and cook. Their day included a long nap, cleaning, reading, showering, preparing meals and for the harder workers, cleaning out a shed. One other group went to a lady's house in East Biloxi where the hurricane hit the hardest. The woman’s house was quite far along in repairs so the group worked on sanding, painting and spackling. Another group met three volunteers that came from Kiesler Air Force base and they helped them work on Florence’s (a sweet old lady) house. Here they worked on spackling, sanding and putting up dry wall. The last group worked on stapling down flooring.

After that, we went back to camp to enjoy hamburgers and salad. After that, some of the group enjoyed an intensely hilarious game of Apples to Apples. From there we went to an Episcopal church that was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The only thing left was a cros s, some of the structure, some of the foundation and a mosaic dedicated for Hurricane Camille victims. It is quite haunting and we are sitting in the narthex typing this right now. On the way here, “The Coolest Small Group Ever” had the tightest car ride, EVER. With Taylor M. as our D.J. It included a Ethnically Neutral Car Fire Drill, head banging by Richard and it was an all out celebration. [Krsssch] Over and Out [Krsssch].

Signed,
“The Coolest Small Group Ever”
Carli, Tierney, Sam H., Rob Howard, Taylor M.