Birthdays, Water, and Toilets...Oh My!

Today is Meg’s Birthday. Happy Birthday Meg. We have enjoyed having her as part of our group. We are going to try to keep her instead of sending her back to her own church.

News Flash: It has been two nights since Ben has fallen out of bed (this does not include the time Mary pushed Ben out of bed for no apparent reason).

In other news, Drew awoke with a special surprise--- Pink Toe Nails. This is courtesy of Hannah and Jamie.

Today was another day of work at the Liberty Street House. The group finished chipping up the old flooring. Yeah!!!!!! Priming was also completed in the main living room and closets. We were able to get the water turned on today. The group worked on getting a pipe fixed in the kitchen. This involved tearing out dry wall, fixing the pipe, putting up dry wall and mudding the dry wall back in place. Tomorrow they hope to bring us a toilet that can be installed and used We will begin painting the walls in the morning. That may sound easy, but there is still no air conditioning and it is 300 degrees outside.

Today Mariann went to the Community Christian Concern office. This organization is much like our Paducah Cooperative Ministry. It is funded by local churches and civic organizations. They help with people getting emergency assistance. They also have a small food bank and a thrift store called Janet’s Korner . Their secretary was out for a while, so Mariann was quickly trained to complete intake forms so that people could see a counselor and receive help. After their secretary returned, Mariann went to help out in the thrift store. She spent some time sorting clothes and visiting with the people that came in to buy items of clothing for themselves and their family. She met lots of interesting people and listened to their stories about their survival of the Hurricane. She will return there tomorrow.

Look out New Orleans here we come.

Also included in our pictures today are ones of our trip to the 9th Ward yesterday.

If you would like to visit the website of the church where we're staying, go to http://www.firstchristianchurchdoc.com/. If you'd like more information about Community Christian Concern, visit http://www.slidellccc.org/.