I just returned from spending two weeks in Biloxi, Mississippi, as part of a United Methodist Church Volunteers in Mission trip.  Our goal was to help restore housing and hope in the Gulf Coast.  You may be surprised to learn that all is not back to normal there. 

It isn't normal there.

On November 1, the bridge between Biloxi and Ocean Springs reopened.  It was destroyed by Katrina.  This was a major event of hope for the people.