Monday, March 06, 2006
This post is from Art who is journalling our second trip to D'iberville.
Ten Croftonites, 6 from Prince of Peace and 4 from Seton Parish left crofton over the weekend, some flying, some driving, but all arriving in D'Iberville, Ms. by 5 pm on Sunday evening the 5th of March.
The is the second wave from Crofton. Pastor Fregger led a group of 12 others to MS in December over the Christmas holidays. His was an ecumenical group too.
Upon arriving we barely had time to check in when we were called to dinner. What a terrible way to begin our adventure. And an adventure it is. After dinner we were introduced to our hosts, Irene M. and Ed C. They spoke for almost an hour and a half, telling us of the horrors of Katrina, the faith of the people of D'Iberville, and the volunteers who have appeared out of nowhere. They spoke of miracles that you had to see to believe,and they did. They related stories of courage and hope. They encouraged in us patience and flexibility. We were then dismissed to our various quarters for the night.
Monday morning we arrived at the Camp at 8 a.m. for breakfast, I'm liking this place already.
After breakfast and a wonderful devotional given by a group from John Knox Presbytery. It was a great start to an even better day.
After breakfast we were all divided into work groups. Carlene was assigned as a transportation coordinator, ensuring everyone got to and from their work sites. Art was placed on a electrical team. Don't worry, there was a professional with him. Karen and Roger were assigned to the office. What a bunch of softies. Barbara and Joe were part of a mudding and sanding team working on wallboard and yucky stuff like that. Seton Parish members Carol M. and Mary Jean B. were assigned to do assessments of properties that were already looked at once, to determine progress and to see what else was needed. Jim J. was part of the electrical team (remember the professional I was talking about) and finally, Dick G. was part of the dry walling team.
Suffice it to say that we all worked extremely hard this first day and are plum tuckered out. This will end the first days journal. I will be back in touch soon
Ten Croftonites, 6 from Prince of Peace and 4 from Seton Parish left crofton over the weekend, some flying, some driving, but all arriving in D'Iberville, Ms. by 5 pm on Sunday evening the 5th of March.
The is the second wave from Crofton. Pastor Fregger led a group of 12 others to MS in December over the Christmas holidays. His was an ecumenical group too.
Upon arriving we barely had time to check in when we were called to dinner. What a terrible way to begin our adventure. And an adventure it is. After dinner we were introduced to our hosts, Irene M. and Ed C. They spoke for almost an hour and a half, telling us of the horrors of Katrina, the faith of the people of D'Iberville, and the volunteers who have appeared out of nowhere. They spoke of miracles that you had to see to believe,and they did. They related stories of courage and hope. They encouraged in us patience and flexibility. We were then dismissed to our various quarters for the night.
Monday morning we arrived at the Camp at 8 a.m. for breakfast, I'm liking this place already.
After breakfast and a wonderful devotional given by a group from John Knox Presbytery. It was a great start to an even better day.
After breakfast we were all divided into work groups. Carlene was assigned as a transportation coordinator, ensuring everyone got to and from their work sites. Art was placed on a electrical team. Don't worry, there was a professional with him. Karen and Roger were assigned to the office. What a bunch of softies. Barbara and Joe were part of a mudding and sanding team working on wallboard and yucky stuff like that. Seton Parish members Carol M. and Mary Jean B. were assigned to do assessments of properties that were already looked at once, to determine progress and to see what else was needed. Jim J. was part of the electrical team (remember the professional I was talking about) and finally, Dick G. was part of the dry walling team.
Suffice it to say that we all worked extremely hard this first day and are plum tuckered out. This will end the first days journal. I will be back in touch soon
