What happened on Monday?

We measured, cut, and insulated 

our way through a Monday full of 

progress in the reconstruction 

of Johnette's decimated house.

Less than a year ago, some young child played with this little ducky. 

On Monday, it was dug out by Bianca from a pile of rubble. In Hurricane Ike, homes were lost, lives were permanently changed, and childhood joys were washed away.

Cole fixing an old ATV 

was just one example 

of our team putting the 

pieces back together 

in Miss Shirley's life.

Thankfully our lunches had settled deep in our stomachs before our noses were assaulted by the horrendous stench of six month old standing water and foot deep decomposed sewer sludge. Ginny, Melinda, and Annie scooped out assorted treasures with only a sharp stench in common from outdoor

 goldfish ponds, Bianca, Analisa, and Conor shoveled up muck in hopes of finding a leak from a clean water pipe - only that pipe happened to be a sewage pipe full of excrement.

On our Ferry ride home we learned the new trade of feeding the local seagulls thanks to Tony "Birdman" Armor. The interactions of man and wild were thwarted by the Ferry crew who did not think kindly of having dozens of seagulls defecating on their front deck and passengers. 

by Conor Armor and Bianca Grossi