Rebuilding the deck holding the A/C units took longer than originally expected, but the crew wrapped it up this afternoon. Painting at Homeport continues, ably handled by John and Darlene. And a larger crew is now at the worksite in Gulfport.

After the big food giveaway on Monday there remains the huge task of dealing with pounds and pounds of frozen food and other provisions that have to find a home in the food pantry. Several people have made good headway with that.

We’ve sent 3-4 people to the Micah Center each day to help Elizabeth sort and store clothing and provide the usual assistance with laundry and showers.

For those of you who have been here before, note that the Mission House is rocking a new coat of blue paint!

James came back to work yesterday, and we were thrilled that Craig emerged from his bed today. No one had Covid or flu, just, in Craig’s word, the crud. The new intern, Reid, woke in the night with excruciating abdominal pain, so Dr. Ron made a house call and sent him to hospital, where they found stones in both kidneys. So the Back Bay folks have been hard hit in this new year. Fortunately, no one in our group has gotten sick.

To add to the excitement today, we were briefly under a boil water mandate due to a main break, but that was resolved this afternoon.

Last night Ethan gave us a lesson in how to shuffle playing cards…

And Alan showed off his domestic skills doing dishes. Lori, take note!