For those of you on last year's trip, you'll never believe what I'm listening to right now... A certain Ms. Angel Snow's 1st and so far only CD! I was looking for some music for this Sunday's presentations and I remembered Ron sending us her Myspace address. The Myspace thing refers you to www.DigStation.com where you can search Angel Snow and download the album for only $9.99! Anyone present at her after dinner performance last year knows that she deserves to sell a boatload of CD's... 3 of the 4 songs she played for us that night are on the album, with the exception being her renditon of John Prine's, "Angel From Montgomery." (A song I absolutely love that was passionately covered by Bonnie Raitt... I think Mr. Prine and Ms. Raitt would have been smiling at Angel's rendition...) Oops, low battery... more tomorrow...

well, it's Thursday night and we're feeling alright... Tonight another group from Ohio cooked up a shrimp feast for everyone, including the homeowners of the houses that are currently being worked on.

Above is the official 'group photo taken tonight... lots of happy, tired people...

Ann, Courtney (Trinity UMC's rebuilding coordinator), Mike, the homeowner , Russel, Carole and Luna Muna...

A team that was audacious in it's accomplishments:

I had no interaction with the homeowner, but heard some great stories... not the least of which is how this team went above and beyond 'reasonable' to get him a blue living room ("White'll show all the grandkids fingerprints!" They were sent to paint and they ended up jacking up a good portion of the house (complete with Muna slithering around under the house with the lizards and spiders...), completely rebuilding his front porch and reglazing his windows (sometimes several times per window, eh, RevTom...) among other improvements... I think this was the spirit of the entire group... go beyond just what's expected, to the core of what is needed. Many times, when we went above and beyond, we used the CCOP's funds that were raised specifically for this mission. Because of the generosity of donors, both within and outside of, CCOP, we didn't have to ask the homeowners if they could afford it or ask Trinity Church's rebuilding coordinator for the funds. Many thanks go out to you who helped us financially, as well as spiritually (ie. all the prayers and goodwill).

Who says men can't cook?

Our esteemed leader putting his love into action...