Adventure Bug III

This morning after doing my exercise video, I worked in the kitchen until time for the staff meeting. After the meeting, my adventure of the day was to find Diamondhead, about which I had read (Katrina and the Forgotten Gulf Coast).
Because it is often not on maps, one of the locals told me how to get there, off of RT 10. The part which I saw had beautiful homes. The business area that exists serves the local folks. There is not even a gas station for the interstate highway-thus no need to really identify it on maps.
They experienced flooding with Katrina because their community is directly north of the Bay of St. Louis (the body of water), into which the water poured from the Gulf of Mexico.
For those of us who live here, the towns on the Gulf of Mexico go Waveland, Bay of St Louis (town), The Bay of St Louis (water, with a long bridge), Pass Christian, Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs. Each town or city runs into the next-I have not yet passed Biloxi. All of these are joined by the coastal rt 90, and Interstate 10.
Diamondhead is not mentioned because it is not on the coast.
Leaving Diamondhead, I turned east on Rt 10, and knew immediately that it should have been west. Approaching Gulfport, I found an exit marked "Menges Rd BEACH" When a sign says beach, or gas station, or whatever, it means nearby, right? But this is Mississippi. After determining that Menges Rd was going south, I sat back to enjoy the scenery. Anytime you go south around here, sooner or later the coast will appear. It is a beautiful country drive.
The promised beach turned out to be at Pass Christian. The locals informed me it is pronounced Chris-tE-anne. By drawing out the last syllable, you will get the idea.
Turning west onto Rt 90, toward Waveland, I came across the sign "downtown Pass Christian". Today, I decided to bite. Following different streets on the town, suddenly I saw a sign "BOOKS", so of course I had to stop.
The man who runs the shop greeted me, told me about his stock, and directed me to different topics of interest. The service was appreciated: probably both of us were glad that I had stopped. There will be a return trip. During a phone conversation, he identified the shop as "Pass Christian Bookstore". Perhaps he has not had a chance to replace his sign, or, what seems more likely, has seen no need to. Most of his clientele aappears to be local.
After returning to rt 90, I headed west to Waveland. A sandwich lunch gave me an opportunity to become better acquainted with another volunteer, Geri.
Another opportunity occurred to pray for a man who came in to find assistance. Although we could not help him directly, Greg found another ministry which could attend to his needs, and we had a chance to pray with him before he left.