Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here

Ann & Larry (part of the 'Frankfort 5') arrived this afternoon and the other group we'll be working with arrived from North Carolina. So our WHOLE group sat down together for a delicious dinner, provided by Mary Rae and the kitchen crew.

The first item on our agenda was watching some of Marcus & Jessie's home videos they shot during the flooding. After the video, they spoke of their experiences and how wonderful all the volunteers have been. They spoke of being grateful that we are taking the time to come and share hope with their friends and neighbors. Jessie even said that in the first days of the flooding when everyone wondered what hope they had, "hope came in a van" as the volunteers began the clean up. (I just love that phrase!)

After worship, we had a time of gathering to meet new friends and worship, led by CF.




Luke and Josh led us (rather enthusiastically, I must say!) in some opening songs.

Then, Sharon & Larry busted out their guitars and joined Luke and Josh. (Tracy and Ann helped to sing, but I didn't get a picture of that--sorry!)

Tomorrow will be our first day at the job sites ... and it sounds like we really have our work cut out for us this week, which makes me a little anxious. But that's for tomorrow. Now, it's time for bed.


As my mom used to say as she tucked us in, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Intobedwego!" :0)