Spirit, Discipline, Purpose, and Pride.

Today was about a million times better than yesterday. We did a lot of team buildling activities, both for the purpose of getting to know each other, and to learn them to do later with our kids. We finally got a chance to talk to each other, to laugh together, and have some fun, in addition to learning some things that we'll actually need to know. Thank God we didn't have another day of being talked at. Tomorrow we'll learn more about the communities where the different teams are serving and what projects the teams will be working on.

After work tomorrow we have a mini lesson on acquiring food stamps. Hooray!

Another hooray for Verizon, for being super cool about giving us a discounted phone and cheap internet.

We had a household dinner tonight. I'm happy with the roommates I wound up with; though it was mostly chance that we're living together, it seems to be a good fit. After dinner we walked to the beach (about a five minute walk!!) and waded in the very cold water. Pictures! In the group shot, it's (left to right) me, Dave, Ernie, Jensine, and Mary.