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GA Mission Trip Last Day

The last day of the mission trip.  More photos here.  We worked mostly on siding and building a door for the basement.  We got to meet Dash, the 11-year-old with Cerebral Palsy for whose family the house is being constructed.  He's great kid with a thick GA accent.  It's been a great build - everything has gone according to plan and the people have been wonderful.  It has truly been a spirit-filled experience for me, and I think it has been for the college students as well.  We return tomorrow.

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Ga Mission Trip Day 4

Back to the build!  More photos here, including some added from other people's cameras from the days before.  Don't miss the official Chicken Dance video below.  We did a lot more siding, some soffit, moved gravel for the carport, worked on the roof, and put in light fixtures.

A big difference from day 1!

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Chicken Dance LIVE!

Chicken Dance from Day 3 - NOW IN QUICKTIME!  Just what you were looking for! Click here.

GA Mission Trip Day 3

Our day off!  More photos here.  It was too cold to raft as had been planned.  Instead, we went to Helen, GA, which is a tourist trap modeled on a Swiss village, but actually very interesting  We also spent some time at Tallulah Gorge State Park, which is the second deepest gorge in the US. (Second to the Grand Canyon.)  We took a very strenuous hike down into the gorge.  The people of 1st Baptist in Cornelia fed us dinner, and we retired back to the lodge where we played Celebrity (a version of charades.)  We start building again at 8 AM in the morning.

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GA Mission Trip Day 2

Day two in the collegiate challenge.  More photos here.  The weather was better today.  Less rain, still in the 40s.  We moved to the primary build site, which is a house for a grandmother who is caring for an 11 year old grandson with Cerebral Palsy.  We spent the day in foot thick mud putting siding up on the house and getting the interior wiring nailed into place.  We get tomorrow off, but can't go whitewater rafting as was originally planned, so we are working on some events at local site seeing places.

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GA Mission Trip Day 1

The MSU Canterbury Club is in Clarkesville, GA for our Spring Break mission trip.  We are doing a collegiate challenge with Habitat for Humanity.  I've posted some first day pictures here.  We were supposed to do siding on a new house, but the weather precluded a full-out effort.  We instead went to a second site where a house that has been moved to HFH property is being renovated.  Most of us spent the day priming or painting while a couple of us worked outside on siding.  We were treated to dinner by the gracious people of Grace Calvary Episcopal Church, which is the oldest church in Clarkesville (mid 1800s.)  Things have been going very well so far - no injuries!  I will keep this site updated as possible with status reports.  Keep us in your prayers.

Thanks to all the people at St. John's Church who helped us get here.  We are doing some real work for the Kingdom of God!

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Online Survey

There is a survey regarding the future of the Episcopal Church's online evangelism at the national church's web site here.  If you are a regular reader, please give them some feedback.

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Sincere Slugs

It's got barbershop quartet - it's got slugs.  How can you ask for anything more?

How big a dork am I?

OK, How big a dork are you when you upgrade your electric shaver and the first thing you notice is how the design reflects the differences between Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation?

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