Preparations for The Katrina Mission Trip

Well, we're busy making preparations for the trip. Those of us who are travelling to Gulfport received this message from Arabella Meadows-Rogers in our e-mailboxes today, letting us know just how soon our work will begin:

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Dear Friends,

This is your last reminder... the days are getting close!

• We will meet at Laguardia (AirTran) at 10:30 Saturday January 13 for a flight to Gulfport, MS. Please make sure to have your ID, and if you signed up to be a driver, proof of car insurance.
  
  
• We will be staying and working at:
  Handsboro Presbyterian Church
  1304 East Pass Road,
  Gulfport, MS 39507
  
  Handsboro is the oldest Presbyterian church on the coast. There are washers and dryers on the premises; cots or bunk beds with airmattresses, wireless internet available. We will be renting cars and vans to get us around. Note: showers are outside. It's 70 degrees there today, so cold is not an issue but shoes and bathrobes might be!!
  
  
• We are arranging a trip into New Orleans.
  
  
• Orientation will be shortly after we arrive on Saturday night. IF we are late, or if dinner takes longer than we expect, orientation may take place Sunday morning.
  
  
• T-shirts will be handed out at the airport.
  
  
• We are invited (encouraged) to attend worship on Sunday morning at Handsboro.

We have not received any emergency contact information, however there will probably be 22 cellphones between us! (if you have an extra power strip, bring it!) The office here will have all our information.

See you Saturday!

Rev. Arabella Meadows-Rogers
Executive Presbyter
New York City Presbytery

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So, our Saturday departure date is fast approaching.....