Tuesday, April 7

Day #2 began again at 7 am with a nice, hot breakfast of biscuits and gravy with sausage links. There is also a variety of other food items to choose from and we are so appreciative of the people who cook for us daily, and who do it with a smile! The groups again departed shortly after breakfast to their various work sites, and all came back with shared thoughts of frustration with certain aspects on each site. For one group, it was the lack of materials available when they arrived to do the work. That resulted in lost work time and unproductiveness, and rerouting the group to another site. Hard for those who want to dig in and get something done, but with this type of work it is to be expected sometimes. Other groups stripped wallpaper, continued working on drywall and insulation and started painting, worked on ceramic tiling and laying laminate flooring, etc. Kathy spent some time in the morning doing laundry for the group, taking care of Ben and Mitch back at home base and getting them to rake the volleyball court in anticipation of a great volleyball match with the Allendale, MI youth group. We will also be having a bonfire with them on Thursday night on the beach in front of where we are staying-- we are all looking forward to that! We were treated to a delicious dinner of lasagna, steamed broccoli and cheese sauce, breadsticks, salad, and dessert.

Tomorrow is Hannah Damsteegt's 16th birthday and we have some fun plans for helping her celebrate, but we'll fill you in on that later! We hope you are enjoying the pictures and posts from our group as we work here in Biloxi.