We're here! Everyone arrived safely (see the picture at left of some of us in the Biloxi airport with a ULM van) and we've finished our first task: some of the guys re-aligned posts in the large storage tent. Cecily has volunteered for daily KP, so other people are following her direction in the kitchen and we're hoping to eat our first meal here in 20-30 minutes.

It's really cold! I'm sitting in front of a picture of our Grace Community group from May and we were all wearing shorts. Not this time. Heaters are roaring in the bunkhouses and in the dining tent. Thankfully, we have heaters. The tents that the guys will be sleeping in starting Thursday night blew down last night in a big wind storm (which is why we're straightening poles in the storage tent today). That'll be another job for us tomorrow: putting back up the tents in which we'll be sleeping. We'd better do a good job!

We met Mark and Clyde, who've now left us in charge of the ULM site. Both are long-time residents of this area. Clyde told us that there's really no manpower to help with re-building people's homes outside of the church groups that come in. He was very appreciative of our arrival. One reason is that the casinos are gobbling up the manpower and other resources.

We're hoping to visit Gladys tonight after dinner. We helped out a lot on her house last time, so we're looking forward to see what further work has been done. We hope she's moved in.

Please pray for a few people who are not feeling well: Cecily, Seton, and Dean Hu. Thanks again for your prayer support.

Steve (for the M2M2 team)