Reflections, volunteering and decisions.

Upon reflection this week we have decided to help in a church with which we are familiar. We travelled the 50 miles to Gulfport to locate the Salvation Army. On a main street we saw their Christmas distribution area. It was in a large abandoned bakery warehouse. We were a little unnerved by the presence of army personel and armed security guards who greeted everybody who entered the drive by loop. The S A director of distribution informed us that people had become disgruntled and then appeared threatening because the goods they received were not what they expected.

We were welcomed to help however we could not find anywhere to place our RV. The one available spot near Biloxi was very small and twice the price we were paying south of Hattiesburg. We are not sure what to do. The spots were taken by out of area contractors etc. Jannich saw a sign on a contractor vehicle advertising shingling of roofs for the cost of $50US per Sq. ft.