I was too pooped to create a post last night, and now have dozens of images to pore through to catch up. It’s a bit of a mish-mash of the two days.

Each day at 7:30 a.m. we meet with members of the BBM staff. Yesterday Michael and his team of housing consultants briefed us on the triumphs and tragedies of trying to get people housed; and today we heard from Ray-Ray, who runs the Micah Day Center with a firm but loving hand.

Yesterday and today Alan and Daniel made great progress on the new build, and by today, with help from Carol-Lynne, Ginny and Lori, it was pretty well complete. And Jack and John arrived for the photo op! It’s a sweet little bungalow.

Old siding was stripped off Jerome’s house on Dixie Avenue, Tyvek wrapped, and rotted wood replaced. For the first time ever, Jim missed a day of work yesterday, down with fever and a cough. But he was back in fighting form this morning.

Jerome and his sister Juanita, the homeowners, are over the moon about the improvements we’re making to their house. Here’s Jerome with our new friend Liz, who has made a terrific addition to the team. Thanks, Doug!

Back at the Mission, our Wednesday cooking contingent made lunch for Micah guests. We were lucky to receive a donation — from a cruise ship, no less — of chicken and sausage gumbo and rice, so all we had to do was reheat it. The challenge is that the folks over at Micah don’t know from one day to the next how many folks will show up. They were pretty excited about the gumbo!

Micah is closed on Thursday, so we didn’t have to cook. Consequently, everyone went to the two worksites. As so often seems to be the case, rain is predicted for Friday, so they were working at warp speed to get the outside wrapped, as it were.

Last night we treated ourselves to a nice meal at The Half Shell, a decades-long tradition we always look forward to.

One more day and this frenetic week will be history.