Camp Victor tour

Getting name tags As soon as we arrived at camp and unloaded our bags and stuff from the bus and into our new bunkbed "homes", we were given our name tags and wristbands, and then we were led on a tour of the camp building.   Distribution Center Food distribution We saw the Distribution Center,…

Biloxi – over 2 YEARS after Katrina

Our bus took us through Gulfport and Biloxi, along the beachfront, so we could see the progress, or lack thereof, that's been made since we were here a year ago. See for yourself.   I apologize for the quality of the photos, as they were taken from a moving bus. But you get the idea. Click…

Are we there yet?

The big day finally arrived! Bruce and Denise arrived at our house around 9:15, and we headed down to the Synod office. Thanks to my Dad for again playing chauffeur… Us & Pastor Peggy As a very lovely little surprise, Pastor Peggy and her whole family arrived to see us off! We left the Synod…

Projet du jour

Desk before Here's what I need to get accomplished today… Alex wants to take this desk (yes, there is actually a desk under there!) to his new apartment the day after we get back from Mississippi, so that means I need to clear all my junk off / out of it today 😮 Which really…

The generosity of friends

P1000927 Here is over $1600 worth of cash and building supply gift cards, donated by our friends at church and our family – ready for us to take on our upcoming trip back to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Thank you to everyone for the generous donations! You can rest assured that every dollar will be…

Sweet!

Oooo… Thank you Santa for my new laptop! [though of course I chose it myself - a Dell Vostro 1500 2 GHz 2G RAM w/ Vista Ultimate] Sooo much faster! Now I can catch up on my Voxing! Just have to get used to this darn keyboard… Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Just in time!

Nativity There! I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out – and with a whole day to spare! I think it'll make a nice gift for a family with very young children. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Sheep

Sheep Finished the sheep – I'm giving the donkey a miss since I'm clearly out of time! The one with no legs is meant to be kneeling – hopefully it'll look less like a quadriplegic once it's stuffed… [today's project] Read and post comments | Send to a friend