Today our group is complete. Elmer Enns flew into New Orleans yesterday afternoon and found us having supper in the French Quarter. He joined us as we spent a fantastic day on the beach at Ship Island, a small coastal sandbar 11 miles off the coast from Gulfport Mississippi. We were also joined by Peter and Lydia Schroeder(Torrey's grandparents) on the trip. They are on their way back to Saskatoon after completing a term of service with MDS as Project Leaders in New Iberia La. We traveled by passenger ferry and despite what locals thought was "chilly" water and cool spring weather dove in! the water was great. It was the first day of the tourist season in the island, a National Historic Park, so the beaches were a great source of shells and other interesting finds, including a beached, and very dead, Dolphin. We also saw live ones........many live ones. At one point a large group of RJC students shared the water with a pod of 8-10 Dolphins who always seemed to be able to stay at least an armslength away. We enjoyed fun, sun, frisbee and splashing in the water....all the things that make a day at the beach great. We also were visited by a juvenile Bull Shark who was thrown on the beach by the surf. He certainly caught everyone's attention as we watched to see if he would need help getting back into the sea. He did. Fortunately Jeff Warkentin, Bronwyn's dad, had always wanted to grab a shark by the tail and toss it far into the ocean. It took several tries before the shark regained its senses and stopped beaching itself and swam away for good!! How's that for a fish story, and it's all true!!
We then traveled a short distance to Pass Christian and the MDS site. We were welcomed by familiar faces. Peter and Ada Bunnett are serving as Project Leaders and Hosts. The Bunnetts were in Pass Christian last year as was Cletus Yoder who is also back as Construction Supervisor. Their familiarity with our group will certainly go a long way to making our time here enjoyable and memorable. We are currently playing card games, laughing and having lots of fun. Tomorrow we begin our work week with a 6:00 am wake up call. We're ready!!
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