On Friday morning (our last work day) I dropped three of our Luther
guys: Sam Eaton, Matt Drees, and Nate Gendren, off at the local car wash
with all the dirty and mildew-covered plastic latticework an earlier
Luther work crew had removed from the base of one of the houses we were
painting in Ocean Springs. We [...]
Archive for March, 2008
The least we can do
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gators
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other day my crew was working at a park in Ocean Springs and he asked us if we’d seen the alligator. I’m very happy to report that there were no gators in sight, although I did have a brush with a pile of fire ants that wasn’t the MOST pleasant.
Today we’re working on [...]
Grateful
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The thing I’ve been most impressed with about coming to Mississippi is how grateful everyone is. I expected people to be nice, but it’s like we are local celebrities. Everywhere we go, be it the beach, church or even just Taco Bell, someone stops us and thanks us for our hard work and contribution to [...]
Women Working
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday my crew was working with the city’s public works department. They set us up with reflective vests, a set of cones and the task of repainting the sea wall.
It was a hard detail, I have to tell you. Although it was a little cool at first, pretty soon it was a sunny [...]
Defenseless Prey
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday night there was no dinner at Camp Victor, so Claire and I ate
at a small seafood place that she had tried and liked last year. I believe
it was called Tarantinos or something like that.
We split a crab platter and two pounds of crawfish, and as soon as we
received our food, we set to [...]
Alleluia
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This morning we worshipped at Christus Victor, the Lutheran congregation that was instrumental in getting Camp Victor started. I’ve spent a lot of Easters away from the church I belong to and some of those years have been better experiences than others, but this one will stick in my memory for a long time.
Growing [...]
Easter in Ocean Springs
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s our first morning in Ocean Springs. Though it was a little colder than I expected, I went for a jog down along the beach–a morning ritual a few girlfriends and I started while on the trip last year.
Today is Easter, and in the spirit of rebirth I decided to visit a site I worked [...]
Making our last minute plans
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s less than a week until we head back to Mississippi to Camp Victor. The group is finally set and from the messages flying around, we’re all starting to think about what we’re going to pack.
The group from Luther College will consist of 54 people coming down from Decorah on a bus as well [...]
