Well, I have returned. Good trip, though it FREAKING SNOWED on the way there!!! And we had "Safety Thomas" on our bus - he didn't want us getting up, or moving around, or laying in the aisles, or anything like that. Unfortunately, he took us from Albuquerque to Flagstaff, which basically accounted for 1am - something like 12:00m or so - in other words, the time we were trying to sleep. On a bus. In cramped seats. With two seats together. That don't recline more than 15 degrees. That was fricking INSANE.
Anyways, we were in LA for a week. I worked at a the Bell Community Baptist Church, which is in the middle of a big hispanic neighborhood. We worked to roof the church, remodel a room, and retile the basement. We succeeded on the roof (and realize that we had to clear off over *6* layers of shingles before we could start putting the new ones down), and almost finished with the room and the basement. All in all, a good week's worth of work. The church services on Tuesday and Thursday night were especially good - closest I've felt to God in a LONG time.
And no, nobody got shot at. We did get real, authentic mexican food for lunch and dinner every day we were working there.
Well, I'm off to read the other new posts, maybe post my cyborg character in this new characters section. I'm looking forward to getting back to work on Precursors now that I'm back!