This afternoon, Roland continued his day's ministry by sharing his pastoral skills with the folks visiting the clinic. He reports that the most frequent comment from patients was, "Thank you" along with, "Be sure to tell the people up north thank you from us." Others reported encountering similar expressions of appreciation throughout the course of their work.
Barbara worked in the warehouse this afternoon, folding, labeling and packing linens which will be given out through the distribution center down the street. Her efforts will save other volunteers lots of time as they will no longer have to guess WHAT or WHAT SIZE something is!
Max, Chelsea and I were assigned to chores at Camp Biloxi, the tent city located at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church just down the road. We cleaned a portion of the shower trailer, cleaned the latrines (all ten of them; take my advice: use the ones on the LEFT and stay away from #3!), swept the tents and hauled trash. That was enough for this afternoon. When you've cleaned latrines, you feel as though you can set firmer boundaries!
The cleanest latrines in town! Pots-O-Gold? Indeed!
Tomorrow, we hope to spend the morning working on the home of a woman who has been waiting since December to have moldy drywall (which they call "sheetrock" in these parts) removed from her home. We'd like to be done by noon so we can watch one of the Mardi Gras parades in the afternoon. When in Biloxi...!
Earplugs have been distributed to our crew. Roland is anxiously waiting for "lights out." The poor guy looks pooped. I'm sure we'll all sleep soundly when the time comes!
Grace and Peace,
Sue
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