Blog 2
Saturday night …approx. 10:30 pm.
So sorry we couldn’t get an internet connection and were not
able to post blogs during our trip.
It is now Saturday night and we just returned from dinner at
Bonnie & Dave DeRouchie’s house. We
had a long 2 days so far. We all worked
hard on various projects. We arrived
Friday around Noon and after lunch at “Smokey Rays”, we settled in the
community center. We were then assigned
projects and worked until 6 pm. After
dinner, we all cleaned up and had a fun evening resting and playing games.
Saturday breakfast was at 7:30 am, followed by
devotions. We all headed to our work
sites by 8:30 am. Glen & Tylor
worked on putting up/repairing soffit and framed out and installed a new T1-11
door in the lower level of the office building.
Ed & Sue volunteered to paint ceilings in the new bedrooms of the
community center. Kay, Barb, and Coral
volunteered to paint a deck off the back of the community center. Sarah, Baylee, Alicia, Pam, Carol, and Cassie
went to the farm to help with projects there.
Some of their time was spent laying rolls of plastic for the mums. I wasn’t there and can’t tell you much about
it, so ask them when they get back. The
farm is a really neat place. We had
lunch there today.
Charlie, Logan, and
myself (believe it or not) ended up working on another roofing project. It was just a little awning overhanging the
office building, but took us until 4:30 today to finish due to a wasp
infestation and a couple delays due to tools.
As I type this, some are still up chatting at a table, some
are in bed or getting ready for bed, and Logan & Tylor are lounging on the
couches watching the movie “Twister”.
We had a really nice evening at Bonnie & Dave’s house
this evening. They fed us supper….very
delicious! …Chicken, baked beans, sweet corn, etc. and we later made a fire and made
S’mores. There house sits on top of a
mountain and has spectacular views from all sides! Cattle roam, a windmill farm is visible, and
the house itself looks like a beautiful mountain retreat cabin. Pictures of their house will be included in the powerpoint on June 3.
Tomorrow we will attend church with Bonnie & Dave at
People’s Chapel. Since so many of our
praise team members are here, we are providing the music during the offering
and again for special music. Then in the
afternoon they are having a special baptism down at the creek that we have been
invited to. The man, Johnny Mayle is an
older gentleman and a fairly new Christian.
He lost his wife about a year ago and now has terminal Cancer
himself. Please keep Johnny in your
prayers.
Remember also to pray for each one of us. As a “worry wort” there were so many times I
thought to myself that something could have harmed or hindered one of us, but
God protected us. Then I remember our
church family and the prayers they must be sending up. We really appreciate our loving family back
home. Thank you!!
