Day five, and the rain came as predicted around mid-morning. A group went to the site early (6:30) to gather up all the wood they would have needed had they been able to continue the job today. Craig says it will be another month before he has another crew with the skills to pick up where we left off and put the roof on. He’s very pleased with what was accomplished this week.

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It was a weird day. The weather was gloomy and the only thing left to do is clean up the mission house — but we can’t do that till later tonight. Seven people went to New Orleans and another eight are going out for barbecue, leaving about half of us to eat up all the leftovers. The sense of exhilaration that usually prevails at the end of the week seems missing, even though so much has been accomplished.

Maybe it’s just that I’m dreading tomorrow. Our flight leaves NOLA at 7 a.m., so we must leave here at 3:30 in order to gas up and return the rental vans. With thunderstorms and wind in the forecast, I worry that our flight to Charlotte will be delayed and we’ll miss our connection to Hartford. Say a prayer that my fears will turn out to be unfounded!