I am on a Mennonite Disaster Service trip with 4 other fellows from our church. It has been a good experience. I have enjoyed getting to know these brothers in more natural settings, and a week of physical labor is exhausting to the body and a great mental cleanse.
I miss my 5 girls, and look forward to being with them again.
The weather here is cold in the morning and evening, and cold in between. It is usually single digits in the morning and so far under 30 as a high. We are working for with a couple to insulate and drywall their house that was devastated by a flood. Minot is in North Dakota, which is as you can imagine, not a persons first thought for doing MDS work. Most people think, "let's go south, where it is warm." The people here are hearty folk. Our homeowner is in a wheel chair most of the time. He also crawls up ladders and drives a four-wheeler and goes hunting and does more work than many "more capable" people accomplish. They are grateful for our help and having been making a warm lunch for us each day.
I have attached a folder of pictures so far. I plan to add more to this folder as the week goes on. We will be working till Thursday evening and then driving back to Nebraska through the night.
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