A Long Day

The day didn't go according to plan for those on the adult mission trip to Mississippi, but then that tends to be the norm for mission trips. It turns out that the airlines had cancelled one of their flights, so that rather than taking off at 7:40 a.m. flying to Dallas and catching a connecting flight to Gulfport, MS and arriving around 4:30 p.m., the didn't leave until 11:40 a.m. for Miami, and then flew to New Orleans. The had to rent cars at the airport and then drive to the Gulfport airport where the they picked up the vans that they had reserved. That is about a 1 1/2 hour drive. They finally arrived at the place where they are staying in Pass Christian around 11:00 p.m. That's a long day!

I talked with Pastor Liz by phone this morning and they were on their way to the work site in Pass Christian where they were expecting to work on stairs and drywall. She said that everyone was in good spirits and ready to get to work. I am planning on talking with them at the end or beginning of each day to get an update on the work that they have done and any other interesting insights they have had or events that have occurred.