Day 2
We got an early start and met for breakfast at 8:00 a.m. today (Monday). We made it to our destination around 3:30 this afternoon. The photo album shows lots of pictures from camp. There are lots of cats around here, they've obviously found a friendly place to live. The camp at full capacity can sleep 160. This week, we'll be at 85. We traveled 823 miles to get here. We were told by Elizabeth, the camp manager (you'll see in our photos), that orientation would be around 6:00 p.m., and we could go explore the coast and take a look for ourselves. There are quite a few photos from that drive. It was VERY eye opening. The destruction, even after over a year, is still everywhere. We got moved into our "pods", which are actually corrugated plastic (they look like accordians). There are photos of us moving in. We then explored all other areas of the camp. We had orientation, then went to our first dinner, which was prepared by two girls from California. We have groups here from Iowa, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio and Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth told us she had a North Pole, Alaska group last week and that they had survived (meaning, dont even try to be wimps, if the Alaska people can make it, so can you). We learned how the camp operates and what our duties would entail. In addition to going out and working on peoples' homes, we will also have to help maintain the camp. This includes taking turns cooking and cleaning and leading one night of devotionals. We learned we are in charge of Tuesday breakfast dishes, Tuesday dinner dishes, Thursday night cooking, Friday night cooking, Friday night devotionals, and Saturday morning cleaning the camp. The 12 of us have divided into two groups with George as a team leader and Brad as the other team leader. Elizabeth will give us our actual work assignments tomorrow morning after breakfast and we'll head out. You'll see photos, but tonight's devotional was lead by the Iowa youth group from Washington, IA. They did an awesome job with an interpretive dance to a christian song. Another group invited the homeowner who they had been helping to rebuild his house, to join our devotional. He got up and spoke about his experience during the Hurricane. He shared with us that he had climbed to his attic where the water reached the ceiling just below him. He assumed he would not live, and went to sleep. When he woke up, he realized the water was finally starting to recede. We're excited to get our work assignments tomorrow morning. It's lights out at10:00 p.m., and it's getting close to that. We'll write again tomorrow.
We got an early start and met for breakfast at 8:00 a.m. today (Monday). We made it to our destination around 3:30 this afternoon. The photo album shows lots of pictures from camp. There are lots of cats around here, they've obviously found a friendly place to live. The camp at full capacity can sleep 160. This week, we'll be at 85. We traveled 823 miles to get here. We were told by Elizabeth, the camp manager (you'll see in our photos), that orientation would be around 6:00 p.m., and we could go explore the coast and take a look for ourselves. There are quite a few photos from that drive. It was VERY eye opening. The destruction, even after over a year, is still everywhere. We got moved into our "pods", which are actually corrugated plastic (they look like accordians). There are photos of us moving in. We then explored all other areas of the camp. We had orientation, then went to our first dinner, which was prepared by two girls from California. We have groups here from Iowa, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio and Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth told us she had a North Pole, Alaska group last week and that they had survived (meaning, dont even try to be wimps, if the Alaska people can make it, so can you). We learned how the camp operates and what our duties would entail. In addition to going out and working on peoples' homes, we will also have to help maintain the camp. This includes taking turns cooking and cleaning and leading one night of devotionals. We learned we are in charge of Tuesday breakfast dishes, Tuesday dinner dishes, Thursday night cooking, Friday night cooking, Friday night devotionals, and Saturday morning cleaning the camp. The 12 of us have divided into two groups with George as a team leader and Brad as the other team leader. Elizabeth will give us our actual work assignments tomorrow morning after breakfast and we'll head out. You'll see photos, but tonight's devotional was lead by the Iowa youth group from Washington, IA. They did an awesome job with an interpretive dance to a christian song. Another group invited the homeowner who they had been helping to rebuild his house, to join our devotional. He got up and spoke about his experience during the Hurricane. He shared with us that he had climbed to his attic where the water reached the ceiling just below him. He assumed he would not live, and went to sleep. When he woke up, he realized the water was finally starting to recede. We're excited to get our work assignments tomorrow morning. It's lights out at10:00 p.m., and it's getting close to that. We'll write again tomorrow.
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