Alternative Spring Break

Today was our last day at the Bond House and we will leave Biloxi in just an hour or so.  We completed hanging sheet rock on the second floor and met most of our goals for the week.  This morning a few neighbors and members from the community stopped by to thank us and wish us a safe trip home.  Although you can’t see our progress from the outside of the house, the inside is really starting to take shape.  We were told that a group from the Kessler Airforce Base will come by tomorrow to pick up where we left off, so it is good to know that even though we are leaving, work on the house will still continue. 
We all came down here as volunteers but with the way the Main Street Biloxi members and Bethel Church have treated us, we feel like we have been on more of a vacation than a work week. Dinner last night at the Casino left us full through breakfast! The experiences we have had will stay with us forever and we are glad we were able to come down and make a difference.  We (Ben and Sara) see that there has been much progress just in the last year since we have been here, but there is still a lot left to be done.  Hopefully this won’t be the last time that we will be down to Bethel Church; helping the victims in Biloxi.
See everyone soon!
Sara Lauer and Ben Decker