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Our reward dinner. Lookout 49 in the city of Gulfport, MS.
Our Construction manager “Bracky” and his wife Diane with their grandson Charlie/Charley joined us at a restaurant they liked.
Pictured are Corn Fritters that were crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside..
A good dinner for a hard day’s work.
Halfway to a roof. Trusses in place. OSB tomorrow we hope. We're treating ourselves to a nice dinner tonight
As Rob flips open his phone, he says “Hey, I didn’t realize that your phone automatically changes the time to Biloxi time..”
We chuckle that he figures this out on Wednesday after we got here Sunday.
Also, something that I (Peter), didn’t realize/remember. No Tank Tops or sleeveless shirts are allowed on the work site. I had to run out to Wal-Mart and buy 3 extra T Shirts.
Rain rain go away…there’s a 60% chance of rain. Hopefully we don’t get all muddy.
Art was told to shout “Noise!” so that people wouldn’t think it was a drive-by, he had his own shout.
Steve with yet another power tool
Dennis has been doing a great job keeping the team organized, happy and on track. And yes, he requested the above title for this post 🙂
An incredibly amazing mission thus far! So much to share, so little time to do it. I have new found admiration and respect for every member of this team!
If I did half as much as Frank has been doing when I’m his age, I’d have a heart attack.
If I read blueprints/plans upside down in reverse like Mo, I would be an architect.
If I played ultimate frisbee like Mathias, I would be the next athlete on the Wheaties Box.
If I joked like Tommy, I could win Comic-of-the-Year award.
If I shot pool like Gary, I’d be hustling on weekends at the nearest Billiard Hall.
If I took orders like Art, I could be a waitress at Philipe’s.
If I used power tools like SteveO, they’d call me Tim the Tool Man Taylor.
If I ate like Robert, I’d crush the scale.
If I shopped like Peter, I wouldn’t be writing this, I’d still be in the store looking at shoes and tool belts.
My memorable moments so far:
This morning, we lost Dave our project foreman, and got his boss, “Bracky” for the morning. Dave had to take care of responsibilities at another site and joined us once he finished.
After Dennis and Steve joined us after lunch, Steve discovered many power tools, and if you look at the slide show.. Frank meets his match..
🙂
It was a good hard dirty hot day of work, but we all were satisfied with the work we’re doing and the reasons why. We pray for the neighborhoods we travel through, we let people know why we’re doing this, and we can’t help but be touched by the many prayers that we’re helping be a part of.
Many have prayed to help this region, many have prayed to be helped. We’re just helping out in a practical and spiritual way for this part.
Katrina Day 2 – Construction
Hopefully we’ll have some more video uploaded by tonight for you.. we’re beat and need our sleep, but want you to be involved with us! 🙂
Steve and Dennis stayed behind in the morning to do our commitment of KP.
It included washing down both our (Habitat for Humanity’s) and the Salvation Army’s Village
Steve got to use a power washer
Photos from our KP Duty
This video records the first of many times we put up this corner.
Because our blueprints were not the same as our house, we had to make several attempts at interpreting them correctly. We got good practice at it.
After our lunch, (we ran out of building materials so we had an early lunch) we were also waiting for Steve and Dennis to join us after their KP duty.
Lunchtime means eating the lunches we packed earlier today.
It’s hot. Hotter than yesterday
Hot!