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Mississippi
The Jacksonville Baptist
Association worked in conjunction with the Mississippi Baptist Association to
get volunteers to go to various sites in
I saw the information in the
choir room at church and wanted to go. This is after going up to New Jersey the
week before and spending 50+ hours working on the Disaster Recovery Test. I got
Friday and Monday off as comp days. I mentioned what I wanted to do with Ian
and he said, “Let’s go.” So, we did. He got his friend,
Brandon, to go as well.
We left on Friday at
The cost for the trip was
$30. The money went towards gas, oil, chain saws and other things like food. I
was able to drive my car and they reimbursed me for the gas. I put right at
1000 miles on my car. We stayed at the First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs,
We got to sleep in the
pre-school building on air mattresses. We brought sleeping bags and sheets as
well as towels plus, some other ‘supplies’.
Everything went EXTREMELY
well. God was in everything we did…. Thanks to everybody who prayed for
us. We should’ve gotten sun burned like you wouldn’t believe…
but, that didn’t happen.
The people in Ocean Springs
were friendly and appreciative of our help. It was a joy to serve.
I took pictures with my
camera. And, when the batteries … which I fully charged the night
before… quit working, I took pictures with my phone. So, I’ve
divided the pictures up by day and by camera or by phone.
I’m glad I took Monday
off. We needed the day to chill out and get a few things done. I’d like
to do this again sometime soon. There’s still things to do for people who
can’t do for themselves…