this evening. It was an experience in and of itself getting to this point in
time. Let us tell you of our journey.
We started off our day leaving a very interesting motel , Knights Inn, and
headed to the amazing Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church in Pass Christian,
Mississippi. The church was such an amazing experience that it was
indescribable. The church was so welcoming and was so ecstatic to have us as
their guests. They out did us with their singing but they still loved our
pitiful at best singing. As one of the men from the church said "The holy
spirit has different ways of showing itself. Sometimes its silent but then at
times its very verbal. ( in a good way)." That's what they were, very, very
verbal. It made some people emotional and changed some peoples perspective on
life.
Rev. Harry Toussaint spoke about how God sees all, hears all, and how God
delivers. The favorite quote from church was "Don't box with the devil, your
arms are too short. Let God box the devil for you" By Rev Harry Toussaint.
After church the group indulged in an amazing southern Baptist church potluck.
Soooooooo Goooooooooood.
After church we loaded the bus and headed to Honey Island Swamp Tours back in
Louisiana. It was really "Whoppo." This was the name of the very large, 13 -
16 foot, alligator the group saw and fed. We also got to see and feed smaller
alligators, see turtles, snakes and Blue Herons. One of the alligators one
group got to feed only had one eye. What's with that? We also got to see a
perch jump out of the water. In the river we saw some people actually catch
catfish, crawfish and other fish.
The experience that made the most people uneasy is when the bus broke down.
It has broken down three times. Once it wouldn't start, it stopped on us at a
stop sign and then the third was on Interstate 10. We had to wait on the side
of the highway for half an hour. Apparently where the engineers placed the ecm
(motor computer) on the Detroit Series 60 engine on the bus allows engine heat
to heat up the ecm which causes the engine to miss fire. It will be looked at
before we come home, hopefully.
Luckily we did get the bus going long enough to get to a store where we ate,
and then to Camp Christian. Phew. Lets just say the bus drivers didn't have
their best day today. But we got here. Thank Goodness!! Talk to ya'll tomorrow
when you check in to see what mischief we cause while trying our hardest to
build some sort of shelter.
For the group
Kayla Bloomfield
Nathan Hebert
