At canal & bourbon in New Orleans

Same house

Janet and crew gutted it

Janet and crew gutted it 2 years ago. No progress since.

Preceding picture from St. Bernard's

Preceding picture from St. Bernard's parish in New Orleans.

Community dinner with the Iowa folks.

Painting done!

Mississippi sun is just as hot as Florida sun!

At the gulf after working Tuesday.

House 2: no roof since Katrina, gut, paint

Foreperson Luke and Jimmy

Over 1,000,000 hours of volunteer

Over 1,000,000 hours of volunteer hours provided by UCC's Back Bay Mission since Katrina.

Lunch on the Gulf

Ruth

Jason

Janet

George

Jimmy

Jimmy on the scaffold

Interesting facts: 18000 still homeless

Interesting facts: 18000 still homeless in Mississippi coast area, 5-7 years of recovery left.

Orientation

Chef George

We're here!

We're off!

Jason, enjoying a Rita's custard, thinking about the upcoming trip.

Pre-trip Entry

I'm posting this to test the blog set-up on my website. In three days we are leaving for our trip to Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Mississippi. We have a great group going: Janet Lisle, William James, Jimmy Limauro, Kyle Bennett, George and Luke Copeland, Ruth Merchant, and myself.

I need to get to the thrift store in the next couple of days to get some work clothes.