(I wrote this blog awhile ago, but haven't been able to post it because the Internet has been down)
More facts learned from a Biloxi document our team watched yesterday for service learning:
The storm was the 3rd strongest and reached 30 ft.
1302 deaths were counted by the end of Oct. in ‘05
Between 70 and 130 billion dollars estimated damage
Effective disaster area was the size of Great Britain
75% of marine industry is non-existent
Possible next projects we had to choose from in the Gulf are as listed in order:
All projects involve some type of construction and some we may lead college students or volunteers
1. Hands On New Orleans in New Orleans
2. Jefferson Country HFH in Beaumont, TX
3. Camp Coast Care in Long Beach, MS
4. Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Orleans in Violet, LA
5. Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Orleans in Violet, LA
6. Project Rehab in Biloxi, MS
The New Orleans and Texas ones were of our top choice because we will most likely be able to lead volunteers. The New Orleans project is described as doing different projects other than construction. With the Texas project, we would be arriving at the start of the Jefferson county’s Collegiate Challenge.
Other than project and service learning news, us and Sun 7 have been working our butts off at our latest house. We have been mudding, sanding, and painting this week. Ed and Johnny also installed the cabinets. I feel like we have been a bit rushed in this last house…I mean it is definitely the biggest house we have done so far, and with 22 of us, we have been able to do a lot within a short period of time. We had a lot of rain in the beginning of the week, which became problematic because we were waiting for the mudding to dry on the wall before we could sand it. I think it is because Ed is leaving soon. He had originally planned on being here for a couple weeks, but instead he has been here for 2 months and is on his way back to Atlanta tomorrow. So, we are about to head out and buy him a tool belt to decorate and give him as a thank you.
Us, Sun 7 and Ed on his last day
Our gift to Ed
I insulated this whole wall!Last Saturday we went back to the Shed and it was a blast! I ate a full slab of ribs, well almost..I had about 3 left. A really good blues band played and we had a big dance party. Paul “Lil Buck” Sinegal.
Paul "Lil Buck" Sinegal
Best ribs EVER
Me, Jess and Juila (aka Jelly, Bubah, Sweaks, Ducky..too many nick names this girl has! ha)
Me, Julia and JerryTuesday we went for a real Craw fish Boil for the first time with all of us teams that are working for 100 homes. Keither, Johnny, and Ed were there and paid for everything! We tore the heads off the shrimp and craw fish and and ate the meat in their tails! SOO YUMMY! Ben and I shared a whole bowl of Craw fish, but he pretty much ate the entire second round!
Second round of craw fish!April first was Julia's one year sobriety! CONGRATS BABE!! We had a surprise cheesecake waiting for her after the craw fish boil to celebrate!
Julia has scabies and Ari has some type of bed bugs, and they both sleep right next to me, Julia is on the top bunk, and Ari is to my right…so I also got checked out at the doctor’s, but I do NOT have scabies..however I got the prescription cream just in case. So today we had to drag all 300 mattresses out of the rooms, bleach them, clean the entire camp, and put everything back. It was not a fun day, although we did get ISP hours for it. But most of the Ameri kids were out doing other ISP, so only six of us plus the rest of the permanent staff were available to clean. I ended up getting a migraine as well as a headache from the bleach fumes! Camp Victor needed cleaning though.
Last night we had a girls night out and went to see The Other Boleyn Sister..it kept me entertained for two hours. It was definitely needed after yesterdays drawn-out day of cleaning and doing laundry.
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