Well, yesterday was Tuesday. I have to admit - I was really concerned at our afternoon team meeting. It was 2:30, I hadn’t moved a box all day, we had sent everyone back to the camp site, and our discussion was centered around what we could think of for the next two days to arrange for future book distributions. Please note the word “future” in that sentence. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the volunteer corps had potentially done more work than fathomable in the course of just a few hours. WAHOO!

The women’s committee at the local Baptist church – complete with a Louisiana Tech professor and Bernice I volunteer - hosted a delicious taco salad evening for all thirty of us. The community women spent some time helping me with my new linguistic goals for this week: fixin’ and reckon. I’m having difficulty figuring out how to properly use these two words in conversation. They also taught me how to make y’all possessive - the proper spelling is y’all’s. Now, I think that looks ridiculous – but I have blamed that on my “snow country” upbringing.

We said goodbye to some of our volunteers from Biloxi who were heading back to their base, but learned of another crew coming up from the coast in the morning. Someone should call Lonely Planet – Bernice has become the newest, greatest vacation destination.

A Shout Out: