Post from Phone Conversation

Cell phone reception in our new location just outside of Wiggins, Mississippi deep in the heart of the back woods of Central Mississippi is very poor. So this post is based on a phone conversation:

Craig & Curt & team are doing well. They are both healthy but tired.

They ask you to pray for strength and endurance. Craig would like pray for his knee that has never fully recovered from reconstructive surgery.

The days are long & hot and the work is hard. They work at least 12 hours each day and currently have a one hour drive to and from their hunting lodge where they sleep each night. They are working in extreme conditions with the heat outside of the shelters yesterday above 100, inside the shelters, where they installed carpet and doors yesterday, it was much hotter.

Yesterday another dead body was found near their worksite. The smell of sewage, carnage, and wreckage permeates the air all day long and complete destruction is commonplace. Lawnmowers, computers, vcrs, clothes, refrigerators, everything, all possessions, even the most prized are stewn everywhere. The trees that are still standing are full of belongings. They daily meet locals and hear their stories of complete loss of everything but life. They hear of lotters each day but incidents are declining.

Craig says, "I am numb to the destruction now, it is undescribable. Seeing it in person is much worse than anything I saw on tv. They say it will take 2 years to get this town of Waveland back on its feet. Tell everyone I love them and miss them."