We have arrived

We left about 10:45 am from Marietta and after an easy drive,arrived about 5:30 pm local time at the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance camp located on the grounds of Orange Grove Presbyterian Chuurch in Gulfport, MS.



As we got closer to Gulfport, we saw more and more downed trees and houses and commercial buildings with blue tarps on their roofs. Where we are camping, however, the damage does not seem extensive. We went out to dinner and then to Wal-Mart for more boots and Vicks Vapor rub. The Vicks is to spread on the inside of your dust mask to help with the smell of mold and mildew which is apparently quite strong in the houses where we will be working.

Every evening in camp at 8:30 pm there is a devotional meeting and recap of the day's work. Right now there are about 5 different groups in camp for a total of about 50 people. There are three college age groups from California, a college age group from UNC Charlotte, and a college age group from Davidson. With all these young people, this is definitely a high energy camp to say the least. Two people from Connecticut came tonight also.

In the morning there will be a devotion at 7:30 am and we will leave for the work sites about 8:30 am and should return about 5:00 pm. The house where we have been assigned to for tomorrow has a number of downed trees so we can put our chain saws to good use. Another big task is helping to carry furniture and appliances out of the houses and out to curbside.

I am sure that by tomorrow night we will be veterans at this so we should have a more interesting post for you to read.

We are all in good spirits and eager to get to work. Please pray for us that we may show God's love in everything we do.