Many people seem surprised or confused as to why I'd want to pay to give up a week in order to build for complete strangers. It was always hard for me to explain. Now, it's clear ( Read more... )

    Apart from the incredible work that was accomplished (as described in the previous entry), what will stand most clear in my mind are the amazing people I met whose stories bring tears to my eyes even now, a month later. Most incredible of the story tellers was Hy McEnery, the most hardcore chaplain ever! To give you an idea of his utter ( Read more... )

Many people seem to not understand why a week of hard labor in a place of utter devastation is the greatest way possible to spend spring break. I was one of them once, but last year, I had the privilege of going to Gulfport, MI with my youth group. This year's mission trip to New Orleans blew last year's out of the water. Since so much happened, ( Read more... )