Sunday, January 17, 2010

on the road again...

We have been on the road for 2 1/2 hours now. Not much longer to go. The pouring rain has stopped and it is just kinda misting. Would love to see the sun. most of us have checked in at home and hear you all woke to the beautiful sight of trees being frosted over and all shiny. How glorious. We were all keeping an ear on the saints football game last night. What a great win. I had neighbors down in nola and they checked in with my hubby and said the town was just crazy. I bet it was. Once we get to camp restore our first job will be to set up our beds and take a shower. The church we stayed at in hernando doesn't have shower facilities. Sometime we will be meeting with our advance teams to get our work assignments. Then we will be off to gloria dei church to tour the facility and have a dinner prepared by pastor buss from down here and some of the locals. But wait - there's more... Then we are off to tour another church across the street from the brad pitt homes in the lower 9th. Some time in there the "newbies" and any others who wantto can get a tour of the lower 9th. Our flyers should be landing in about 2 hours so they will be at the camp as our welcoming committee. Just checked with our other driving teams and they are all doing well. That's a great sign. Not much more to tell you right now plus it is getting harder and harded to type with my thunbs on thi blackberry. Will try to post pictures sometime today if I can find a bit pf unscheduled time. Just gotta tell you about lamberts - the home of the throwd rolls (and no - I didn't spelled throwd wrong). We love you all. Keep us in your prayers as we will keep you in ours.

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SUNSHINE!

SUNSHINE!
Gotta love it!

PAYING THE TOLL

PAYING THE TOLL
It costs $3 to cross lake Pontchartrain but it is well worth it

CROSSING THE LAKE

CROSSING THE LAKE

NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS
Our first view of New Orleans at the end of the bridge. We were glad to be here.

Our first stop Hernando Mississippi

Our first stop Hernando Mississippi
This is where we get the grits!

Camp Restore

Camp Restore
Our Next Stop

Camp Restore

Camp Restore
Our home for the next week

THE BUNKROOM

THE BUNKROOM
We have the "best" accomodations

THE OPEN ROAD

THE OPEN ROAD
view going down the road to Slidell LA and the bridge across the lake

PASTOR BAERWOLF LEADING BIBLE STUDY

PASTOR BAERWOLF LEADING BIBLE STUDY
NIGHTLY WE HAD A BIBLE STUDY. THE FIRST NIGHT IT WAS PASTOR B'S TURN

WORKING ON THE FIREPLACE

WORKING ON THE  FIREPLACE
Joe is capping off the gas. It is unsafe

BOURBON STREET LIGHTS

BOURBON STREET LIGHTS

WONDERFUL BREAD PUDDING AT PAT O'BRIENS

WONDERFUL BREAD PUDDING AT PAT O'BRIENS
There was a lot of food that night

ALMOST DONE WITH THE FLOOR

ALMOST DONE WITH THE FLOOR
The "kids" learned a lot. That's Matt with the TA DA pose, Dillen working with the flooring with "Papa Joe" supervising and teaching

THE "GROUT CREW" HARD AT WORK

THE "GROUT CREW" HARD AT WORK

THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOUSE

THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOUSE
This is why they worry about cold - these pipes are exposed to the cold

OUR CREW!

OUR CREW!
This was the last day. We were really tired but felt so good about what we had accomplished

THE FURNACE!

THE FURNACE!
Yup, this is how they heat their house

YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL THE FURNACE IS

YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL THE FURNACE IS
You can tell that this was underwater. I hope it works.

A BRAD PITT HOUSE

A BRAD PITT HOUSE