Saturday PM

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!!