Late Wednesday now, and we had a good day drywalling. The house should be finished tomorrow (our work, that is), and if so, then we will be heading toward home earlier on Friday. It is great to see how well our team has worked together, with everyone encouraging each other and forming mini teams to work on separate areas of drywall. Then tonight, after going out for dinner and a trip to the beach, we had bathroom duty. Everyone was TIRED, so we asked if we could clean the bathrooms early. With a smaller crew (two of our sick teammates were in bed already) everyone pitched in to do a thorough cleaning of the bathrooms. In this way we were able to serve the other teams here at Lagniappe with us.
As you can see from above, we still have several people who are sick, and Scott told the girls to stay back at Lagniappe for the afternoon to rest. Here is a neat story, though: Lisa called a nearby hospital clinic for an appointment this morning, since she had been sick with a fever and a hard nagging cough. She told the receptionist about being here from Pennsylvania, so she got an appointment first thing this morning when the doctor got in. After the exam he asked her what she was doing down here, and when she said she was with Lagniappe Church doing some rebuilding work after Katrina, he thanked her for for coming to help. Then, when she went to the check-out counter, the doctor had waived his fee! And to top it off, the pharmacy the doctor sent her to ALSO did not charge her a thing for her prescription! The people here are so appreciative of the help that they are receiving, even if they are not personally benefitted by it.
Please pray for our ill team members to get on the mend soon. We also ask you to pray for a good wrap-up to our project, and also perhaps for some more good conversation with Miss Delta, the homeowner, and her family. The picture below of the white house is her new home, soon to be completed by the ministry teams from Lagniappe.
We will add another post tomorrow, with a better update on our departure Friday.
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