ODYSSEY AWARD -- The Times-Picayune staff writer Millie Ball, left, and staff photographer Burt Steel pose outside the Odyssey House, 1125 N. …

George Williams, a member of the small church where President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school, greets the many Sunday visitors.

Visitors line up early to squeeze into the small sanctuary of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

Keith Marshall and author Millie Ball, standing, with Rosalyn and former President Jimmy Carter.