St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Reno, Nevada

2010 Louisiana Bayou Mission Trip

 

Twenty seven adventurous souls braved the swamp lands of the Louisiana Bayou to work on hurricane ravaged houses. They fought Alligators, snakes, insects, impossible tasks, unreasonable deadlines, bumps, burses, scrapes, sore muscles, creaky bones, birthdays, fried food, and Louisiana Hot Sauce for 6 days. Along the way, they met a ton of new friends, made three houses livable, fixed a bunch more, learned a lot about the culture, and had more fun than legally possible.

Team Members

• Darlene "Fearless Leader" Luster - 1st UMC, Reno
• Becky "Shotgun" Earl - 1st UMC, Reno
• Betsy "Calm and Cool" Morse - 1st UMC, Reno
• Dave "Smooth Move" Roundtree - 1st UMC, Reno
• Jay "Mr. Fixit" Earl - 1st UMC, Reno
• Jeff "Bathroom Knees" Spalin - 1st UMC, Reno
• Jim "Yes Dear" Roberts - 1st UMC, Reno
• Katie "Wild One" Salo - 1st UMC, Reno
• Katy "GPS Wizard" Simon - 1st UMC, Reno
• Marilyn "Energizer Bunny" Hewitt - 1st UMC, Reno
• Nancy "Bookworm" Wong - 1st UMC, Reno
• Patti "Demolition Queen" Bengston - 1st UMC, Reno
• Sue "Wrong Way" Roberts - 1st UMC, Reno
• Pat "Fearful Leader" Leamy - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Brent "Snake Handler" King - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Georgia "Chiselmaniac" Clymer - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Joyce "Mama Mackrel" Garcia - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Mary "Insect Wrangler" Law - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Mike "Alligator Wrestler" Clymer - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Nicole "Nail Gun" Schober - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Richard "Compressor Punter" Schendel - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Susan "Door Prep" Doctor - St. Pauls UMC, Reno
• Sherri "Travel Techie" Rice - Circle's Edge Center for Spiritual Living, Reno
• Kathy "Wet T-Shirt" Fraker - Epworth UMC, Fallon
• Brian "Birthday Boy" Muehlhaus - First UMC, Bloomington, Indiana
• Tim "Lost at Lowes" Wininger - First UMC, Bloomington, Indiana
• Don "Mr. Grunt" Turner - First UMC, Bloomington, Indiana

The mission trip slide show video:

 

Download the video

Photographs

Becky's    Betsy's    Brian's    Darlene's    Dave's    Georgia's    Kathy's    Katie's    Mary's    Michael Lee's    Nancy's    Nicole's    Pastor Pat's    Sue's

Open the links above. Click on the thumbnail to see the full picture. Right click and select Save to copy it to your system. Each link also had a Zip file with all the photos from that team member. You can save that to your system to get all the photos at one time.

NOTE: If you click on the picture, and it displays WAY too big, you need to enable automatic image resizing on your web browser.

Internet Explorer users follow these steps:

For you Mac users, I am sorry. I know nothing about Macs. You are on your own.