Today, we installed insulation and dry-wall at a home of a woman named Trudy Davis. She lives with her husband, whose name I cannot remember at the moment (John, I think). It was an incredibly humbling yet life-affirming experience for all of us. Elizabeth found her inner-carpenter! She and a new friend from Casper, Wyoming were installing insulation at a gruelling and unstoppable pace! Chris and I were unable to keep up.
Afterward, there was a meeting of all the volunteers, a small worship service (I missed this part because I had to deal with financial aid issues over the internet -- thank you, Ohio State -- but thank you Camp Coast Care for providing wireless so I can deal with these issues all the way in Mississippi), and then us in the St. Stephen's group had a small meeting in which we discussed our general impressions from the day and the trip thus far. I was happy that the intellectual character of our Thursday night meetings carried over all the way to Mississippi.
It seems that an Ohio State group was already at Camp Coast Care, perhaps for an alternative spring break.
Farewell, and peace!
P.S.
Tara did NOT eat seafood last night.
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I had asked about the possibility of other OSU students joining us (you) at CCC, and Pam had mentioned that OSU students had already gone down. I can't remember if that was Camp Coast Care or just hurricane re-construction in general.
Oh, and just because I have to go off-topic, Aspen ski resort in Colorado is opening this weekend. They have about 3 feet of snow, and they hope to open about 45 acres.
Read about it here:
http://tinyurl.com/6lvg37
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