first person dilatory: September 2013

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I'm embarking on a new attempt at blogging. Featuring brevity in text, precision in photography and tardiness in posting, First Person Dilatory will be less a record of day-to-day happenings. Instead, my hope is for a more reflective and accessible medium. Images accompanied by thoughts and anecdotes ought to provide a way to share and, in the comments section, discuss some of my experiences. With regards to posting, my intent is to catch up to the present day at some point in the future.

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From June 9, 2013

Kenyon lived with his brother, sister, two cousins and grandparents in one of the homes we worked on in Staniard Creek, a settlement on Andros. The kids all worked with us on the roof every day we were there, which made it very special. Here, Kenyon holds up a Queen conch he found and extracted from its shell with a roofing hammer. Conch are an abundant source of food in the Bahamas. The kids would pull off and eat raw a skinny, silvery part of the conch they called "the noodles." When I asked what part of the conch it was and what it tastes like, they only replied "noodles."

From June 3, 2013

This was my second summer serving with Bahamas Methodist Habitat, a disaster relief and community development ministry based on Eleuthera in the Bahamas. I spent the majority of my time helping to host smaller teams of volunteers on islands other than Eleuthera. Pictured is a group from West End United Methodist Church in Nashville working on Current Island, just a short boat ride north of Eleuthera. Here we are replacing the roof of the small island's Methodist church. Only around 35 people live on Current, making way for a loving and open community that we were grateful to join for the week.

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