In Greensburg

Our caravan from Wichita State arrived in Greensburg shortly after 10 a.m. There are 19 of us. Most are from Kansas, but there are two from Iowa and one from Lagos, Nigeria. Everyone, though, has heard of Greensburg.

We’ll be staying in the Greensburg United Methodist Church with Methodist volunteers from Ainsworth, Neb. Another group of volunteers from the Methodist Church in Erie, Kan., is staying across the street in someone’s basement, but eating meals here, too.

We’re staying in three Sunday school rooms. Some of the women are sleeping in the luxury suite — the nursery.

Our media room is set up in the parlor. We’ll have to be out early Friday afternoon because there’s a wedding in the church on Saturday. Fortunately, the church has Internet access, so we can work everywhere in the church — except the basement.

We have a tour with Matt Deighton, a Greensburg native and unofficial mayor of Volunteer Village. His job ended the last of March, but he offered to show us around.

We’ll start on our stories later today. All our work will appear on greensburgrebirth.com.