Kids arrive today!

Hey everybody. Quick update first. My address has changed. If you send mail to the mailing address that was previously on my website it'll still get to me, but not as quickly. The updated contact me page should have the updated address.

Today is the first day kids will be here. I'm not sure what to expect, but this week is supposed to be a "light" week. By that we mean that there will only be 200 kids here instead of the normal 300-350.

I realize I haven't really said much about what we're doing so I'll do a little bit now. TEAMeffort is an interdenominational ministry that organizes missions trip for youth groups. We have four different sites in the Southeastern United States and I'm at the site near Gulfport, MS (Ocean Springs to be exact). Each site does building and rebuild, but since we're doing relief work from hurricane Katrina, we'll be doing all rebuild. Most teams will spend the summer roofing houses. Tim, our site leader, expects us to get 40-50 roofs done this summer.

I will be one of a few TEAMeffort staff who will do something other than roof. For at least part of the summer, I'll take teams out to pull old electrical wire and run new wire. Tomorrow I get to go with the CORE electrician to learn how to do it. I'll most likely do some electrical and some roofing. I'll find out better once the summer is coming along. It's about time for our meeting prior to the first youth groups arriving so I'm headed out.

Thanks for all you prayer and support.