Cayuga-Syracuse Presbytery's Mission & Ministry Team - Gautier, Mississippi

February 21, 2006
M&M Main Page | Day One | Day Two | Day Three | PDA CAMP GAUTIER

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Getting Oriented To The Enormity Of The Task
Upon arrival, team members are oriented to the layout of the camp and its facilities, including the shower trailer.
 
The PDA camp is located on Martin Bluff Road, about  one quarter of a mile south of interstate I-10 and approximately 4.5 miles north of the Gulf Coast (2.5 miles north of the Gautier Presbyterian Church). When the hurricame storm surge came in, the water was 5-8 feet deep over interstate I-10.

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February 21, 2006

The first group of New Yorkers arrived on Sunday evening.  We had bought dinner in town so we only needed to settle into our “huts” and unpack.  On Monday morning we learned the enormity of the task.  There are about 100 individual requests for help in the office.  The cases are heartbreaking: requests from elderly, disabled, solo folks.  Some people are living in moldy houses, a woman’s daughter is living in her mother’s tool shed, and some few have FEMA trailers.  We combined forces with the other work team (from Hamburg, NY) that is staying at “Camp Gautier” and did some sheet rock work.  Emily Merchant did a yeoman’s job in the kitchen and Sandi Yingling worked in the office.

 

Thanks for reading.  Check out the pictures, keep us in your prayers, and check back soon.

 

Your Presbyterian Southern Comfort Team

 

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