Update From Gulfport, MS on 11-4-06

Good morning! It's my day off and it's 8:30am. I woke up early today (6am). I wanted to sleep in. I even stayed up late so I would be really tired. Oh well. I guess I'm awake b/c my mind has been so busy processing all thats happening around here.

First, we have 90 people arriving tommorow. It was supposed to be 143 people. So this is going to be a smaller group for us. Ha!

I went to a house two days ago and it was still not touched. There is mol,d growing on walls and ceilings. The ceilings are falling down in some rooms. The roof is still mangled. And one of our volunteer groups found out that a body was found in a house next door to their worksite just a few days ago. It's sad that 14 months after the storm there are places which have yet to be touched. There is so much more work to do. It's nowhere close to over!

Here at camp things are getting dramatic/interesting. There was a spree of robberies yesturday (5) and one of our live-in travel trailers, where 2 PDA staff live, was robbed of some very valuable items. Also, I learned something today that suprised me. I should have seen it coming but I often don't catch the obvious things. It's making things interesting around here.