Well, I am sitting here in my temporary bedroom upstairs in the Picayune Church of Christ. I have had many teens sleep in a teen classroom before, but not after putting in a long day's work. I have been so impressed with all of the students who came with us this week. Jolene, Becky, Duncan, Curtis, Josh, Jake, and Steven worked really hard today. And we got a lot done. The others on the trip with us - Byron, Baxter, Rob, Luis, and Jerry - also put in 110%.
We went to our first assignment this morning expecting to put up shingles. Upon our arrival we discovered a house with a few new sheets of board on top and some not-so-good looking tin roof on the other part. We were informed that we needed to remove all of the tin roofing and put board on almost all of the roof. But our crew was up to the challenge. In about 9 hours of hard work we removed all of the old roofing as well as getting all the new boards up and putting down the tar rolls. (If you don't understand all of that don't worry, I didn't know all of this stuff either.)
On a personal note it has been awesome to see Jesus in the men and women I am blessed to be serving with this week. Whether it's carrying wood to a burn pile, hammering a nail, or handing someone a tool, this is a neat group of people to spend some time with.
We did have one rather interesting twist today. Becky decided it would be fun to step on a nail this afternoon. We cleaned her foot as well as we could. Imagine me doing first aid. (In some twisted way it was fun to pour the rubbing alcohol on the wound. LOL.) After we finished our work for the day we came back for dinner. (Which, by the way, I must say was really good. They are taking care of us here.)
Anyway, after dinner Jolene, Becky, and I headed off to the emergency room. It was one of the most interesting and funny trips to the hospital ever. I have never laughed so hard in the emergency room. I believe one of the highlights of the hospital adventure was when the doctor came in. He told Becky he wanted to do an X-ray to make sure the nail didn't hit a bone or leave metal in her foot. He then proceeded to name several very scary-sounding things that could happen if either of these events occurred. Becky's facial expression (the one that says "I think I am going to die") was priceless. The good news is that the X-ray was good and we were free to go home. We ended the evening with an excursion to Wal-Mart for snacks, workboots, and assorted other items for the rest of the week.
All in all it has been a great time so far and I hope to give more updates along the way. Please keep us in your prayers as we seek to be Jesus to the people of Picayune. May God's light shine brightly as we serve others in His name!
shine!
Jason
TO SEE PICTURES FROM TODAY, VISIT MY XANGA SITE (THERE IS A LINK IN THE RIGHT COLUMN)
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