Our last day at the beach...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Sunrise...Sunset
Sunrise at the beach.
Vespers.
Sunset.
Sunset at evening vespers.
Beccas peace sign in the sand from vespers on the beach.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Pensacola
This is just a note to say that we're in Pensacola and having a great time. Internet has been hard to find, so we haven't been able to post until now. I'll try to download some pictures and post them soon.
Friday, June 27, 2008
More Ice Cream Fight Pictures
I got these photos from someone else (Elizabeth?), and I thought I'd share them:
Chowing down at the gutter.
Playing with squirt guns with Lawrence.
The ice cream party quickly devolved into an ice cream fight.
Classic.
Doug got ambushed.
Slip'n sliding.....
The whipped cream was used as a weapon....
The trip chaperones might as well have been wearing targets.
....and even fathers weren't safe.
It was a pretty big mess.
Cake.
We were greasy even after two showers.
Tomorrow we're off to Florida, with a swamp tour along the way. Not sure about internet access there, but we'll try to post some pictures!
Chowing down at the gutter.
Playing with squirt guns with Lawrence.
The ice cream party quickly devolved into an ice cream fight.
Classic.
Doug got ambushed.
Slip'n sliding.....
The whipped cream was used as a weapon....
The trip chaperones might as well have been wearing targets.
....and even fathers weren't safe.
It was a pretty big mess.
Cake.
We were greasy even after two showers.Tomorrow we're off to Florida, with a swamp tour along the way. Not sure about internet access there, but we'll try to post some pictures!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Carnival
New Orleans is known for its carnival spirit, and in the last 24 hours we've definitely indulged. Here are some of the goings-on of the last day:
Last night instead of vespers, the adults surprised the youth with a giant ice cream sundae (made in a 5-foot gutter, in honor of our construction work). We also had lots of games--a slip'n slide, badminton, volleyball, and lots of other stuff.
As things happen, though, it devolved. Before long we ended up in an epic ice cream/cake/water fight. The results largely went un-photographed, since it was dark, but this will give you an idea.
Slipp'n and slid'n.
Tonight, we took the whole crew down to the French Quarter (our afternoon trip got rained out).
We started out at Cafe du Monde, where we showed our strength....
....posed for peace....
....just posed....
....did some shopping....
....walked by the Mississippi river....
....and in the end, circled up to sing a few verses of "As I Went Down To The River To Pray" before calling it a night.
Last night instead of vespers, the adults surprised the youth with a giant ice cream sundae (made in a 5-foot gutter, in honor of our construction work). We also had lots of games--a slip'n slide, badminton, volleyball, and lots of other stuff.
As things happen, though, it devolved. Before long we ended up in an epic ice cream/cake/water fight. The results largely went un-photographed, since it was dark, but this will give you an idea.
Slipp'n and slid'n.
Tonight, we took the whole crew down to the French Quarter (our afternoon trip got rained out).
We started out at Cafe du Monde, where we showed our strength....
....posed for peace....
....just posed....
....did some shopping....
....walked by the Mississippi river....
....and in the end, circled up to sing a few verses of "As I Went Down To The River To Pray" before calling it a night.
Lots of Pictures!
Hi everyone!
This is the first chance I've gotten to do a post directly from New Orleans (the rest have been tiny cell phone pictures sent to my wife, who has graciously posted them).
Here are a bunch of pictures from our first 4 1/2 days here. They're not in any kind of order, but hopefully this will give you a sense of what we've been up to:
The crew from Lawrence's house doing....something.
Lawrence's Angels?
These guys are really excited about this sheetrock.
This is what we spend 94% of our time doing....something with sheetrock.
I think this is probably her favorite hammer.
The ubiquitous mud and water bottle.
Deciding to taste the mud.
Grrrrr.
Hmmmmmm.
Peace yo.
Just happy to be here.
Spackle spackle spackle spackle spackle.
Some sort of spackling school?
Evening vespers.
Journaling in the evening watch book.
More spackling.
Spackling......but you already knew that.
These guys have become expert drywall cutters.
Nailing up the drywall.
Sad about something.
Mid-day calisthenics?
Playing cards in the downtime.
Circling up before starting work at the Great New Jerusalem Baptist Church.
He looks like a spaceman here!
Doug prying something or other into or out of place.
This is the mural from the baptistry at Greater New Jerusalem Baptist Church. The baptistry is on the second floor, and the water line in the building is still visible just above Jesus' eyes.
Here's a broader shot of the baptistry and mural, to give you a sense of how high the water was.
Learning to saw.
We're having lots of fun! More photos and updates as we can get internet access!
This is the first chance I've gotten to do a post directly from New Orleans (the rest have been tiny cell phone pictures sent to my wife, who has graciously posted them).
Here are a bunch of pictures from our first 4 1/2 days here. They're not in any kind of order, but hopefully this will give you a sense of what we've been up to:
The crew from Lawrence's house doing....something.
Lawrence's Angels?
These guys are really excited about this sheetrock.
This is what we spend 94% of our time doing....something with sheetrock.
I think this is probably her favorite hammer.
The ubiquitous mud and water bottle.
Deciding to taste the mud.
Grrrrr.
Hmmmmmm.
Peace yo.
Just happy to be here.
Spackle spackle spackle spackle spackle.
Some sort of spackling school?
Evening vespers.
Journaling in the evening watch book.
More spackling.
Spackling......but you already knew that.
These guys have become expert drywall cutters.
Nailing up the drywall.
Sad about something.
Mid-day calisthenics?
Playing cards in the downtime.
Circling up before starting work at the Great New Jerusalem Baptist Church.
He looks like a spaceman here!
Doug prying something or other into or out of place.
This is the mural from the baptistry at Greater New Jerusalem Baptist Church. The baptistry is on the second floor, and the water line in the building is still visible just above Jesus' eyes.
Here's a broader shot of the baptistry and mural, to give you a sense of how high the water was.
Learning to saw.We're having lots of fun! More photos and updates as we can get internet access!
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