Monday

Day 3:

This picture that Ken calls "Stonehenge, Katrina Style" are the pillars from a house that we saw on the coast on Sunday.

I’m going to get a couple of people other than me (Nathan) to write some stuff today.

Hey guys this is mer, Well I think everybody got a lot done today and felt like it was a good day. I was stocking a warehouse full of food and clothes for the locals to come and get anything they need. I’m very thankful we got to stay in a motel because the sleeping arrangements were…hmm not very amazing (jeb just said he was cool so keep that in mind). So its been a fun trip so far I hope you guys miss me =] peace out.

-Pauline says - I am spending some of my time writing for the presentation blog being done for the whole team so I haven’t spent much time on here. My other job is team leader for the distribution center. I think I have the greatest group ever. My assistant is a wonderful lady named Darlene Cabral. She is a hard worker, very organized and easy to work with. My team members include a girl from Tunisia and a woman from the Philippines who just married an American and moved to the U.S. I love my whole team of 10 but Meredith Staggs, Kirsten Junghans and Josh Cabral are three of my favorites! (This is Nathan’s blog, he’s looking over my shoulder and is about to cry because I didn’t list him as one of my favorites, he is; don’t worry; he’s just not on my team.) These guys worked SOOOO hard today and we cleaned up and organized a big distribution center, 3 storage rooms and we have a whole Quonset hut full of donated clothes looming over us tomorrow. We are tired, working hard but enjoying being with people from all over. I am glad that I live in CA. Don’t think I’ll be moving down here too soon. Ya’ll have a good time, now, ya hear? (Kisses to Lexi, Katy, Ty, Jackson and Austin!)


Hi ya’ll….it’s Nahrin! It’s only day 1 (of work that is). I’m currently working for and with DON JOHNSON : ) : ) : ) (who happens to be a very good cook by the way) I have to say, being part of the kitchen staff is way more fun and exciting than I thought…really. I wake up at 3:30 am to start a 4 am shift (at least I’m supposed to most of the week). It’s amazing how much you can get done when you wake up that early. I may continue this routine when I return home. Nothing like 4 am devotion and prayer! I work with several amazing people from all over the country. My favorite part of this trip so far is all the spiritual encouragement I receive from the people around me. Can’t wait for day 2. Last note---thanks for all the prayers. They are really making a difference.

I’m going to write something for Daniel Cabral. "Hi…. I’m having fun, and I’m doing demolition."

Mike Nichols, (sp?) from Michigan , says hi!


This is Nathan; I’m so tired, even though it’s only 9:15 pm . I hope I can get more pictures on today.

It was our first day of work today. The various jobs our group did consisted of: cooking, drywall/insulation, demolition, post hole digging (for the houses to be supported in.), vinyl siding, clean-up, reorganizing the distribution center, Electrical work, tree trimming/debris removal, and maybe some other jobs if we finish our assigned tasks. My dad, Bryan, and I are assigned to drywall/insulation, and it is dirty work. The fiberglass insulation is INCREDIBLY itchy and dusty! But it is a lot of fun. I was also helping in cleaning up a house so that it would pass the building inspection. It already failed once, and they don’t want that to happen again. The really interesting thing about clean-up is, instead of throwing away their trash… they throw it into a big pile, to be burned. Yes, I am serious, they B U R N it!!! That is also what they do with some of the trash at the church. But that is another story… a funny story! I’ll tell about that later. Anyway, the cleanup went really well and the house looks 100% better. Well it is starting to get a little late, so I’m going to get on with sending the pics to my mom.

More tomorrow!!

This picture is from the job site where Nathan, Ken and Bryan were working. If you click on it, you can see a bigger version.