Getting settled in...

I'm pretty much settled in here in Biloxi, and my home is a bunk as of right now. I'm hoping to get a room like most long-termers have, but in the meantime have created a pretty comfortable nest for myself. I arrived in Biloxi the afternoon of Thursday, February 15th and went to work Friday morning. In the morning I helped to weed a community garden to help clean up the park for a community event that was to take place the following day. Over the lunch hour, I volunteered with a group of women from Bethesda, MD and served lunch to over 100 volunteers at the Salvation Army. Then I went back to weeding and worked with a group of high school Seniors from Maryland. Nearly the entire Senior class of the school (very small all male private school) had come down with the president of the school and some teachers and parents. Each year the Senior class participates in a service project, and working at Hands On for the week was their project. By the time they were getting ready to leave, many of them were already talking about returning.