Loaves and Fishes

Today was a million times better than yesterday. Because i felt sick yesterday, Mr. Magee was very nice and let me go to the the soup kitchen with Mrs. Yarbrough, Heather, Mary, and Natalie.

I encountered so many amazing people which is different in a whole new way than yesterday. We fed about 70 people, and talked to a few of them. I met a lady with about four teeth who said i looked like her daughter and who i gave my yellow bandana to her because it was "something she wanted. " and an unimportant thing to me. Mary also took a picture with a cute man named Oliver who seemed to love talking to use, getting his picture taken, and being around people.

We also met a man who played the piano wonderfully, sang, and who i and many others mistook for a cd playing. We truly saw the devastation--and only a small, 70 people, portion of it--left over by the hurricane

After the soup kitchen we drove to "divine soul" little walk up restaurant where you order at a window and eat at picnic tables under a pavillion. Mary, Natalie, Heather, and i also tried okra for the 1st time which I am now obsessed with.

After eating we worked on power washing, yet again, mold off a house and scraping paint off the wood so we can repaint it tomorrow. At that house, there were homeless people living in the back yard and i had the pleasure of meeting 2 amazing men.

We talked to them about the hurricande and how one of them told us how he rode a refrigerator for a day until the water level went down. They told about how there was about 6-9 inches of mud and muck left on the ground making it hard to walk in until it dried.

I was very excited to take so many pictures of so many Biloxians and to finally get to interact with the people who live there. i am looking forward to the rest of the week.

Annie Gerker