LIFE IN THE BUNKHOUSE

The very first trip I took with the Disaster Relief/Rebuild team to Pascagoula, Mississippi after Katrina we stayed in the Jackson County Baptist Association's bunkhouse. This is my third trip with the team and again we stayed in the bunkhouse. It's like coming home. It has a bunk room for girls, and one for boys. It also has a couple of bedrooms, a dining/kitchen combo, a shower/bathroom room for girls and one for boys, and then another half bath. Also a small lounge or common area but there are usually too many of us to be in there much. The guys use it alot of times after evening devotionals to play cards and just talk about man stuff. The girls usually have mini-slumber parties in our bunk room. Don't stay up too late because we have to get up early to go to whatever work site we are assigned to. It makes me think that maybe that's the way the early church was. Living together, working together, praying and studying scripture together. It is always an absolutely amazing experience and I have made so many new brothers and sisters in Christ!

This is me and Jimmy in Rebecca's house

After the first day of work....collapsed!



Wilma grilling hamburgers and hot dogs. The building behind her is the Jackson Co. Associational Office.

Everyone congregates in the dining room...

Frankie looking innocent...

Don't the tables look pretty?

The chow line.

Wilma showing her muscles with Sammy and Hamp planning in the background.

Betty is true blue even in Mississippi!!

Pat with a wordless salvation puzzle.

A tender moment caught...Hamp and Sandra separated for the week...he snuck in the ladies bunk room to say goodnight!

Judy is claustrophobic...so she got on the top bunk.

Keith can't live without his Dr Pepper

Robbie leading the devotional.

Judy caught me on the phone checking up on my Daffy Dog.


This is Sammy. The heart and soul of the Tates Creek Association Disaster Relief/Rebuild Team!
Ron. The carrier of the stomach bug. Nuff said!

Working at Rebecca's house in Pascagoula

While the Tates Creek Disaster Relief/Rebuild Team was in Pascagoula, Mississippi last week, we worked on 4 different houses. The girls and I only worked at Rebecca's house though and we had such a blessed time! Here are a few pictures

This is a FEMA cottage that Rebecca has been staying in since the trailers were outlawed because of some kind of chemical. For the first several weeks after Katrina, she lived in a truck camper. This little cottage was actually kinda nice. But wait till you see the house that has been built entirely by volunteer labor!

The team worked on it last year and it is almost complete now. She hopes to be in before Christmas.We painted the baseboards outside....

And the men handed them upstairs to be installed

This is Rebecca's 2 Spitz doggies, Jake and Micah....she had another smaller female named "Boo"

First time I have ever done any caulking and it was fun, but my fingers got sore.
I am so thankful God lets me serve Him by serving others! Thankful that even though 8 of us got a stomach bug while we were there, it didn't last long (devil can't hold us down!) and we all stayed safe working and on the trip home!! I will post more later about the great time we have together as we work, pray and live together for a whole week in the Jackson County Baptist Association Bunk House in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

See no evil, hear no evil and Evil Knievel

On Sat. Oct. 30, we set out in the Bethel van for Pascagoula, Mississippi on the Gulf coast with our Disaster Relief/Rebuild Team. This is my third trip with the team and once again, I feel so blessed that God allows me to serve Him by serving others! On the trip down we had a great time! Who said Christians can't have fun!! Jimmy Fritz is a dear brother in Christ and I love him but....He is so hard of hearing it is funny how he misunderstands things sometimes. Another brother in Christ, Keith Miller is very near sighted and for some reason packed his glasses in his luggage and had to squint to see menus and maps on the way down. Looked like Mr. Magoo. And Kenny Murphy, another brother, did most of the driving on the way down. Wild man! So the girls, there were only 3 of us among 5 men, came up with names for them....


See no evil, hear no evil and Evil Knievel!!