Victor (in yellow), our construction manager for the week has assigned about 3-4 baptist church groups to do work together (about 40-50 ppl-Evergreen is the largest with 10).
Work Assignment
Morning Prayer
Habitat is a Christian organization and welcomes anyone of any faith, but stay true to their roots.
Every meal begins with a blessing. They ask if you aren’t Christian, if you could be respectful during the prayer. Everything’s pretty cool that way, but I will say that most of those that are here for the week are from a local church.
NY, IL, WI and of course CA are represented this week
Highway 90
Clearly the bridge is a little broken.
Good Morning From Biloxi
Good morning!
Just to give ya’ll a quick run down of the morning schedule.
- Wake up is at 6am
- Lunch making is 6:30am
- Breakfast is at 7am
As you can probably guess some its a little early for some of us.
We go to our construction site today. Be praying that no one breaks a fingernail!
Day 1 – Asian Tour Group
Now that day one is over I can now definitively say I understand what it is like to take an Asian tour. Our day after arriving here in Gulfport/Biloxi has been one big tour. After grabbing lunch at the Waffle House and supplies at the local Walmart, we began our whirlwind tour of the Biloxi area. We would drive for five minuets stop run out grab some pictures. Then drive again to the next stopping point, stop run out grab pictures and then start the process over again. The amazing part was the stares we kept getting from people when all ten of us Asian guys descended upon them.
Biloxi 1st day
Taken from historic downtown biloxi. What amazes me is that this area sustained winds over 120 mph and floodwaters over 35 feet. That’s taller than the two story buildings here.
Our plane
Our connection to Biloxi. It’s not big, but it’s here 🙂
Editor’s note: We’re well aware that this flood of posts will come to an end quickly once we get working… and yes, we had a three hour layover in Atlanta.
‘Lanta
We’ve arrived….in Atlanta! We’ve got a few hours before we complete our trip so we’ve started posting pictures. Some of the highlights so far:
- Starbucks is across from our gate!
- Peter’s MSG cared to send us food/snacks and even a greeting card. Thanks! We appreciate all the support from our families and friends at home.
- The landing which Peter says was exceptionally bumpy.
- Waiting near the airport subway.
(all we need is a guitar and a hat) - Sleep!
(seems to be a very popular past time) - Being adopted by an elderly Chinese couple (next time we need to bring a translator)
Here’s some shots from the airport
Actually in the plane
We’re taking off…
Thanks much to you that came out to visit us and send us off…
We’re excited, all accounted for, and heading for our layover in atlanta..
Commissioning at Evergreen SGV April 15, 2007
Today was our commissioning at church. Pastor Kyle Shimizaki prayed over the team.
(Youtube Video at the bottom of this post)
Each team member had representatives of their Mission Support Group present there to pray for them.
Although we had previously passed on the idea of getting team t-shirts, Dennis received them just in time for today’s commissioning. I have to admit they were pretty cool. Embroidered at that… 🙂 I just found out that Dennis bought them for the team.. very cool.. thanks Dennis
Dennis (Team Leader)
Mathias, Frank, Gary
Mo, Mathias
Dennis
Steve, Robert, Tommy
Peter, Steve
Best Dressed: Tommy (who was an usher today)
But.. where’s Art?
Video of the Prayer Time