Tuesday

Well, it rained last night, pretty hard, really. But when morning came, it rained some more. Of course that meant that work plans had to change and that people had to adjust, and the kids were magnificent. Today's work included unloading two semi truckoads of furniture donated by Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Connecticut, demolishing the interior of a house while saving the pine floors and walls, cleaning out a feeding bin at HOME's saw mill, working in the day care center, and sorting and reorganizing the food pantry.

After a great pasta dinner, we met in the United Methodist of Orland, where we talked about freedom being about being free not so much to do any silly thing we want, but more about being free to love one another. (For those who think this sounds familiar, it should -- read Galatians 5: 3-15). The conversation around all this was remarkable.

We got one piece of bad news tonight; one of our young people, Valerie, was scheduled to meet up with us in Portland, ME this evening; she was enjoying a long-planned family reunion vacation, and was flying in directly from there. But a delayed flight meant a missed connection, and she won't be able able to join us, and we will miss her.

Tomorrow means some new work assignments, and an opportunity to meet later in the day with Sister Lucy Paulin, the founder of HOME. We're looking forward to hearing her story and her responses to our crew.