Eleven members of our team met at St. Paul's UMC at 6:30 AM Sunday morning. After putting our tools and personal belongings in our mission trailer, we prayed and then left on our 450 mile trip to Red Bird Mission. During our drive, in three vehicles, we skirted the edge of the large storm that was moving from the south to the northeast of the U. S. Most of the drive we were able to avoid rain but there were several times when we drove through heavy rain. We arrived at Red Bird Mission around 5: 15 PM. We met with Dennis, the camp director, and received our cabin assignments. At 5:30 we assembled with the other work camp groups in the dining hall for a short orientation from Dennis and ate dinner. At 7 PM we assembled for the evening worship service. We sang several hymns and Dennis had a short sermon. We received instructions for Monday morning and warnings about snakes, mice and poisonous plants we might encounter while working this week. After we had our own short orientation meeting the rest of the evening was free time. Some of our group played table games, others read and others returned to our cabins to prepare for Monday morning. Two of our team, Art and Audrey, having spent the night in Columbus, had to return home to New Castle because of a medical problem encountered by Art. We pray for Art. We are currently waiting for two other members to arrive from Carlisle.
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