Whew! It's been a busy day! I'm going to need to keep this brief since I've only got about 20 minutes before lights out and the morning rolls around early here in Mississippi. Food is plentiful here with all the promised foods to start off the day.
The entire group received an orientation to the work we've undertaken this week from Craig, a representative of HopeForce. There is no shortage of stories, and everyone's got at least a dozen. I was able to capture some on video, but those edits will have to wait for my return to NY.
Everyone jumped right in to the job at hand for Ms. Archie's home, jobsite #1.
Everyone was divided up into teams and work began. Our task today was to insulate and drywall. All of the walls had been insulated, but we had to do all of the ceilings. Once that was accomplished, up went the drywall. By day's end, only half of the living/dining room was needing insulation and 2 bedrooms were completely drywalled.
The saga of the lost luggage came to a conclusion today as I and the two folks who were waiting journeyed to the airport over lunchtime to retrieve the bags. Everyone will sleep better tonight with all of their belongings accounted for!
I'm uncertain as to the name of the homeowner for site #2, but I will get that and post it soon.
At the end of the workday, Ms. Archie came over to thank us for the work we're doing and took a moment for a photo-op.
After dinner of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, lima beans and salad, we were treated to some cheesecake for dessert. About half of us chose to take that as a cue and go for a walk over the Ocean Springs bridge where I was able to capture this image of the sun setting behind Biloxi.
And finally, we capped the night with EVERYone watching the season finale of House!
'night all!
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