6 Days Down, 2 To Go...
Scribe: Cindy A.
No post last night due to our late arrival back at the hotel. Tonight is late as well, so this will be brief. This evening, a group of us took what was supposed to be a "three hour tour" that was more like six. Apparently, when someone from here says, "Oh, that will take about an hour" they mean a Louisiana hour, which is slightly over 2 hours Beverly time! We drove down to near where the eye of Rita made landfall. Difficult to describe the sight of entire homes, looking perfectly fine, sitting in the middle of the swamp, a mile or more from the slab it blew off of. We also saw alligators, egrets, and blue herons.
All the work sites are looking great, but the heat is taking it's toll on us all. Lots of exhaustion and a couple of short tempers have us all looking forward to lights out! But all starts fresh the next day and when we see "our" Louisiana families again, we are reminded of just why we are here.
To correct a previous entry, Bill S was not showing Mr. P's wife the house, that was his mother. His wife is bedridden and non-vocal, recovering from a stroke. So here's the picture of the day...We surprise Mr. P with a cake yesterday for his birthday, which also happens to be his 37th wedding anniversary. He brings the cake over to the bed so she can see and she gets a little frosting on her finger, which she promptly licks off! I'm so glad to be at this worksite!
Missed the group meeting tonight, so I don't know what other celebrations there are. Tomorrow will be my last entry. I'll try to have some more pics, but they'll be plenty to see when we get home.
Blessings, C.
No post last night due to our late arrival back at the hotel. Tonight is late as well, so this will be brief. This evening, a group of us took what was supposed to be a "three hour tour" that was more like six. Apparently, when someone from here says, "Oh, that will take about an hour" they mean a Louisiana hour, which is slightly over 2 hours Beverly time! We drove down to near where the eye of Rita made landfall. Difficult to describe the sight of entire homes, looking perfectly fine, sitting in the middle of the swamp, a mile or more from the slab it blew off of. We also saw alligators, egrets, and blue herons.
All the work sites are looking great, but the heat is taking it's toll on us all. Lots of exhaustion and a couple of short tempers have us all looking forward to lights out! But all starts fresh the next day and when we see "our" Louisiana families again, we are reminded of just why we are here.
To correct a previous entry, Bill S was not showing Mr. P's wife the house, that was his mother. His wife is bedridden and non-vocal, recovering from a stroke. So here's the picture of the day...We surprise Mr. P with a cake yesterday for his birthday, which also happens to be his 37th wedding anniversary. He brings the cake over to the bed so she can see and she gets a little frosting on her finger, which she promptly licks off! I'm so glad to be at this worksite!
Missed the group meeting tonight, so I don't know what other celebrations there are. Tomorrow will be my last entry. I'll try to have some more pics, but they'll be plenty to see when we get home.
Blessings, C.
posted by Cindy @ 8:51 PM
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