Praise the Lord! We've got a new roof!!! I'm so glad not to see a blue tarp on my roof. I just can't tell you how "normal" that makes things. We changed the color of the roof. We now have a hunter green roof. Sorry, Aunt Sara. You'll have to change the house on Mom's tree. (Hee-Hee!) It really makes a difference. If you ever have to pick out a new roof (which I hope you don't have to for a looooooooong time), you should consider a green roof. This crew put our roof on in 2 1/2 days.
Today was a busy day. We cleaned the house. Vince went to Belk because they were having a sale on fall clothes. This afternoon, Vince put up two motion-detector floodlights on our garage. I raked pine needles and pulled weeds out of my azaleas. I'm getting ready to mulch for the winter. Charlene, my new neighbor and a good friend, made chicken salad and gave us some of it. I was very grateful. It was very yummy.
Tomorrow is Sunday and a time-change. I am curious to see who forgets to set their clocks back. We were supposed to have a couple of extra people spending the night with us tonight, but their mom was sick, so they all stayed at home.
I had the joy and privilege of going to a DRC, Disaster Recovery Center, on Friday. What a confusing place. It was in the DAV center (whatever that stands for) and there were tables lined up with labels like SBA, Crisis Counseling, Financial Assistance, FEMA, etc. Even though it wasn't very crowded at the time, it was rather overwhelming. I needed help filling out a SBA loan paper which FEMA says they need us to do. What hoops one will jump through to keep FEMA happy! Some wicked little person is watching us jump through hoops and getting a real kick out of it. At any rate, Vince had to go there this morning to drop off our paperwork. He says he doesn't think anything will come of it, though. I would hope something would come of it after all the research I did on that form.
Monday, we are planning to go to Wiggins in the afternoon. The shops on Pine Hill are going to give away candy for the kids, they have a costume contest and then the church has their Fall Festival. We're going to pick up LaVerne, who is feeling much better nowadays. She feels up to trekking around Pine Hill and the church. I imagine we won't stay very long at the church. Just long enough for the kids to play the games and eat.
Well, it's time to get ready for bed. What are you going to do with your extra hour?
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Sunday, October 16, 2005
How Are Things?
We are getting along okay here in So. Mississippi. Our adjuster came out to our house this week and totaled our roof, so we can now get to work on getting it replaced. We've already bought our shingles and now we have a guy lined up to roof it. That will happen sometime end of this month or early Nov.
On a more positive note, Nathan has really gone crazy about his piano this weekend. He has figured out, not only the songs he's supposed to work on, but he also wants to learn the harder songs in the book. The amazing things is that he has figured them out on his own with little help from me or his sister. It's just one more neat thing about teaching your own kids--that instant when something finally clicks.
After church this morning a church from Georgia fed the entire church family and workers. They cooked up a feast for us. We had barbeque, beef stew, Brunswick stew, gumbo, hamburgers and hot dogs, potato salad, dessert and sweet tea. It was really good food. We are so grateful to these folks.
This past couple if weeks, we've had a couple from Billings, Montana that are just phenomenal. They are helping us with office logistics, coordinating all the teams that are coming in and assigning work orders to the teams. It's all quite complicated and overwhelming, but that is all they do. That church will be sending teams of two to come and work for the next year probably just to do this coordinating work. They are such a sweet couple. They are April and Glenn. April will return to Montana tomorrow. Glenn will go back on Friday. Glenn's replacement, Andrew, arrived last night. He will learn the ropes from Glenn this week. April's replacement, Julie, comes tomorrow. She is from England, so I'm excited to get to know her.
Tonight, I'm going over to Gates Ave. Fellowship. This is a church plant in Long Beach, MS. They are wanting to start G-Force in their church. I'm going to help them by answering questions, showing them a few things they can do on a smaller scale to make it exciting for the children, etc.
Prayer requests for this week: Vince as he goes to help people from work clean out their houses--his safety and productivity for the team that he's on, and a chance to minister to those in need. For the teams of workers who go out in our community from Crosspoint Church and FBC, Gulfport as they clean up and minister to people each day. For Anna Marie, she's been having bad dreams which may be a reaction to all that is going on in our lives.
Thank you for all your prayers during this weird time in our lives. I'm sorry it's so hard to explain how things are. We're just trying to get back to a normal way of doing things and our environment seems to impede our progress. Let us hear how things are going with your family. We like to read about you guys.
Much love,
Katrina
On a more positive note, Nathan has really gone crazy about his piano this weekend. He has figured out, not only the songs he's supposed to work on, but he also wants to learn the harder songs in the book. The amazing things is that he has figured them out on his own with little help from me or his sister. It's just one more neat thing about teaching your own kids--that instant when something finally clicks.
After church this morning a church from Georgia fed the entire church family and workers. They cooked up a feast for us. We had barbeque, beef stew, Brunswick stew, gumbo, hamburgers and hot dogs, potato salad, dessert and sweet tea. It was really good food. We are so grateful to these folks.
This past couple if weeks, we've had a couple from Billings, Montana that are just phenomenal. They are helping us with office logistics, coordinating all the teams that are coming in and assigning work orders to the teams. It's all quite complicated and overwhelming, but that is all they do. That church will be sending teams of two to come and work for the next year probably just to do this coordinating work. They are such a sweet couple. They are April and Glenn. April will return to Montana tomorrow. Glenn will go back on Friday. Glenn's replacement, Andrew, arrived last night. He will learn the ropes from Glenn this week. April's replacement, Julie, comes tomorrow. She is from England, so I'm excited to get to know her.
Tonight, I'm going over to Gates Ave. Fellowship. This is a church plant in Long Beach, MS. They are wanting to start G-Force in their church. I'm going to help them by answering questions, showing them a few things they can do on a smaller scale to make it exciting for the children, etc.
Prayer requests for this week: Vince as he goes to help people from work clean out their houses--his safety and productivity for the team that he's on, and a chance to minister to those in need. For the teams of workers who go out in our community from Crosspoint Church and FBC, Gulfport as they clean up and minister to people each day. For Anna Marie, she's been having bad dreams which may be a reaction to all that is going on in our lives.
Thank you for all your prayers during this weird time in our lives. I'm sorry it's so hard to explain how things are. We're just trying to get back to a normal way of doing things and our environment seems to impede our progress. Let us hear how things are going with your family. We like to read about you guys.
Much love,
Katrina
Monday, October 03, 2005
Hurray!
Good news, everyone. Our phone came back today! Of course, you'll have a hard time getting me because I'll be online. Just kidding!
On a more serious note, I drove down into Gulfport today. I had to go down Pass Rd. to the Toyota dealership to get oil for the vehicles. Coming back, I went through a small residential section. It was so sad to see the homes that were flooded with piles of debris laying in the yard outside the house ready to be picked up by these modified dump trucks. We are under a burn ban because we've had such dry weather, so nobody is able to burn any of their debris. It can be quite hazardous just driving down the road or pulling out of our driveway.
We had a team of workers from Stennis come on Friday to remove some trees out of our yard. These trees were either down or leaning badly. It sure looks great! Thanks, guys, for all your hard work. We really appreciated it.
Things are starting to get back to "new normal." We had our small group meeting last week. Even though we didn't have Bible study, we did share stories of our storm experience. It was helpful for everyone just to share what they experienced and where they will go from here. Other signs of normalcy are going back to "work." I went into the office today to get ready for Sunday and for staff meeting. There are more people there, but I was able to get a few things accomplished. Staff meeting was very good. It was great just to get back together and find out from one another how things are going.
Well, must put the kids to bed. Will try to write again tomorrow or the next day.
Katrina (and proud of it)
On a more serious note, I drove down into Gulfport today. I had to go down Pass Rd. to the Toyota dealership to get oil for the vehicles. Coming back, I went through a small residential section. It was so sad to see the homes that were flooded with piles of debris laying in the yard outside the house ready to be picked up by these modified dump trucks. We are under a burn ban because we've had such dry weather, so nobody is able to burn any of their debris. It can be quite hazardous just driving down the road or pulling out of our driveway.
We had a team of workers from Stennis come on Friday to remove some trees out of our yard. These trees were either down or leaning badly. It sure looks great! Thanks, guys, for all your hard work. We really appreciated it.
Things are starting to get back to "new normal." We had our small group meeting last week. Even though we didn't have Bible study, we did share stories of our storm experience. It was helpful for everyone just to share what they experienced and where they will go from here. Other signs of normalcy are going back to "work." I went into the office today to get ready for Sunday and for staff meeting. There are more people there, but I was able to get a few things accomplished. Staff meeting was very good. It was great just to get back together and find out from one another how things are going.
Well, must put the kids to bed. Will try to write again tomorrow or the next day.
Katrina (and proud of it)
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