Wow, can you believe it is Wednesday already?
Sleeping in is getting more and more precious these days. I'm not sure if it is
exhaustion or maybe the air mattress is starting to really conform to my body.
Thank you Lord for Bland who get's up early and gets the coffee going. Our
breakfast are do it yourself types. We try to be ready to go by 7:30. A few
stragglers roll in the kitchen area about 7:15.
Today was our planned half day of work. In the
afternoon the team had been invited out to one of the members of Henryville UMC
to hang out at Guntersville Lake. But first the work. It hasn't gotten any
cooler but our bodies are adjusting to it. The task for today was to get the
final coats of paint on the bedrooms at Grannie's house. Along with getting the
front and middle room ready to be painted on Thursday. We had early removed the
hot water from the only closet in the house so it could be put into the
bathroom. All the plumbing for that has now been run and we are hoping to have
the electrical wiring run for the bathroom on Thursday. When we broke at noon
today all of these task had been completed except for a little more sanding and
mudding. Rich and Kevin stayed an extra hour to get these done. Unfortunately
Grannie didn't show up today.
Carol and her son Matthew were at the other
house today. Carol came by to check on her 5 dogs. She gave them all baths.
Several of the team members took the time the talk with Carol and Matthew during
the morning. We always stress that on mission trips it is the relationship with
the homeowner or people that is the most important part of the
mission. When Carol and Matthew came inside and saw the paneling and
sub-flooring along with the painting that had been done through out they house
they were amazed. It was really starting to look like a home again. We found out
that Carol had been living in this house for over 60 years. The attached picture
is the team with Carol and Matthew. When we broke at noon at this house Richard
and Colin continued on a bit to also get more mudding and sanding done.
The rest of the team headed back to the church
to get cleaned up, eat lunch and to get our stuff together to go out to the
lake. A member of Henryville UMC had gracious offered the use of their lake
house for an afternoon of relaxation. Lynn Thompson explained that he doesn't
mind sharing what he has to those that take the time to serve God. So for about
2 and 1/2 hours we swam, sat on the dock, had boat rides and even took turns on
their two jet skis. Bland said that we made a mistake coming out here because
now the youth who came will expect this every mission. I'll say this if the
youth that come in the future work as hard as the 4 youths that came this time
we will do our best to make this happen. Everyone had a good time at the
lake.
After the lake we came back and quickly changed
to go out to eat. We ate at a local place called Papa Dubi's. They served
seafood with a Cajun flavor. It was very relaxing and very good. Nobody left
there hungry.
After dinner and a quick stop at Wal-Mart to
restock on water and Gatorade and get a few things for dinner we headed in for
the evening. Our devotion for tonight was done by Tony. He played a song that he
heard at the Voices of Youth concert that was recently at our church called "We
are Called". Tony said that when he heard the song he knew that he had to play
it for us while on the mission. After our devotion we had our team meeting. All
said that it was another day filled with excitement. A lot of the team expressed
that they could really see where the work was starting to pay off in that the
houses both look like houses. We talked about what needs to be done to wrap
things up on Friday.
Thursday is shaping up to be a long day with a
lot to do. So for tonight it is good night. Thank you for your prayers as we are
praying for you.
To see other pictures click here! there is a whole album of mission work!
God Bless,
Jeff
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