Hi Everybody!
Sorry this is so late, we've been really busy and didn't have access to a computer for the last four days.
Our first two days consisted mainly of sleeping, eating, sleeping, watching movies, sleeping, readjusting, sleeping, and lots more sleeping. In this time period we traveled from RJC to Memphis, TN. Unfortunately on the second day it was unbearably hot because our air conditioner broke down and that made the ride very much more than lukewarm and pleasant smelling.
Day two in the afternoon we reached Memphis and went directly to the National Civil Rights Museum and spent a couple hours there learning about the Civil Rights movement in the US that really wasn't that civil! The museum is located at the spot where Martin Luther King was assassinated and highlights the struggles of the black community in the US to achieve equality. It was sobering to see that black sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968 protested unfair working conditions that included wages so low they still qualified for welfare!
After buying souvenirs in the gift shop we headed on to Graceland to see Elvis and his stuff. We spent a lot more time with the stuff that with Elvis sadly enough. To get a tour it costs "an arm, a leg, and your firstborn." Quoted directly from our own Jim Epp. So instead we saw all of Elvis's lovely gift shops that all looked the same. Still, now we can say that we've been to Graceland.
After that we went to our classy hotel (Comfort Suites- which was extremely comfy by the way) and went to supper at the Bar-B-Que Pit for a traditional southern meal. They had an all you can eat BBQ rib dinner special. Our group ate all of the ribs the restaurant had! Following supper we all hung out in the high twenties weather on the hotel grounds and the adjoining parking lot of LOWE's hardware store.
The next morning we enjoyed a lovely continental breakfast and drove to New Orleans, Louisiana. We parked beside the Harrah's casino and walked into the French Quarter and spent the whole afternoon there buying cool things and eating good food, example: fried alligator tails and catfish. That night we spent at a sweet motel (Knights Inn- no knights, just friendly middle-aged bikers) in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. We sang lots of songs, played more football and Frisbee, and ate ice cream from Wendys.
This morning we woke up to another gorgeous day and drove to Gulfport where we first went to Walmart to buy cheap but nutritious food. Then we went to the docks to get on the Gulf Islander to sail to West Ship Island. We had just under four hours to swim and soak up the lovely sun. We must say that some people soak better than others judging by their wonderful warm glow. We also saw a record number of dolphins.
When we got back on the mainland it started pouring and it still is. We then drove to the Habitat for Humanity site where we'll be staying for the whole week. We received our orientation and had some free time before bed.
Tomorrow we will start our day bright (we hope) and early at 6 am to start work on our assigned house.
Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated.
Much love, your bloggers,
Katie M., Bronwyn W., and Judith S.
p.s. we will send pictures as soon as we figure out how.
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