Our intrepid group of 23 work campers arrived at the Back Bay Mission late Sunday afternoon. I rounded up three people to help do the grocery shopping for this hungry horde, and then we went to Shaggy’s, our favorite beach dive, for a seafood feast.

Our week began a bit differently than usual. Craig is down with a bug, and so is the Executive Director, James, so our Monday briefing was shorter than usual. Pam, our house mother, let us know there’d be a large truck arriving this morning to distribute food, so they need a number of people to sort and bag. As you can see, it’s really cold down here, and windy today.

A couple of others decamped to one of the houses we built last year to complete small chores like installing doorknobs. Yet another small group went to Gulfport.

Among our 23 we have six first-timers, two of whom are not from First Church, but were invited by friends. More later, when I have more images to share.