66 feet of handicap ramp
Cuddling up with Leroy's Yorkie (what a cutie)
Miss Kat and Shayne with their Hackberry Bluegrass Gospel Band
Website Update for the third week of February
From Johnson Bayou Senior R.V. Project
Submitted by Linda Braun
Monday morning, Bruce and Martha and Gerry and Georgia were excited to tell us about their weekend trip to New Orleans. They had toured the famous Laura plantation, gone on a swamp tour, toured New Orleans, including a most impressive three hour “Katrina” tour.
Dave and Maretta arrived safely back from visiting her son in Austin, Texas. They said they had a great time.
The rest of us traveled to Louisiana’s Prairie Cajun Capital and enjoyed a Cajun concert “Rendez Vous de Cajuns” at the Liberty Theatre which is broadcast on live Cajun and zydeco music radio and T.V. in the area. We also attended an afternoon Music Program at Jean Lafitte Prairie Acadian Culture Centre as well as a Cooking Demo. It was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday.
One of the things I was thinking was how much our grandchildren who are in French Immersion would enjoy this. They would be able to understand the French which we do not, and the afternoon was a children's program .
We then attended the local Baptist Church and had Sunday afternoon to ourselves to relax.
From Johnson Bayou Senior R.V. Project
Submitted by Linda Braun
Monday morning, Bruce and Martha and Gerry and Georgia were excited to tell us about their weekend trip to New Orleans. They had toured the famous Laura plantation, gone on a swamp tour, toured New Orleans, including a most impressive three hour “Katrina” tour.
Dave and Maretta arrived safely back from visiting her son in Austin, Texas. They said they had a great time.
The rest of us traveled to Louisiana’s Prairie Cajun Capital and enjoyed a Cajun concert “Rendez Vous de Cajuns” at the Liberty Theatre which is broadcast on live Cajun and zydeco music radio and T.V. in the area. We also attended an afternoon Music Program at Jean Lafitte Prairie Acadian Culture Centre as well as a Cooking Demo. It was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday.
One of the things I was thinking was how much our grandchildren who are in French Immersion would enjoy this. They would be able to understand the French which we do not, and the afternoon was a children's program .
We then attended the local Baptist Church and had Sunday afternoon to ourselves to relax.
That takes care of the "time off" part of our program!
Work is progressing satisfactorily.
Bruce and Dave spent the week siding the house which is Project 4 (Myrna’s house). It is not a small house, and the two of them by themselves have been steady at it. It won’t be surprising if they don’t want to be doing siding any time soon after all the siding they have been doing with MDS!
Carol and Linda had a visit with the homeowner, Myrna, a middle aged widow, who shared her story. She will be very happy to have a home again after living in a tiny FEMA trailer for two years.
At Leroy's, during the early part of the week, John and Len completed finishing the drywall. Martha and Maretta (the M & M’s) and Nettie and Georgia painted the doors, trim and baseboards for Leroy’s house out in the storage shed. They were painting outside at first, but then the grass was being burned on a nearby bayou, and soot and ashes were falling on their newly painted masterpieces so they had to move inside.
John finished the taping on Monday and Linda cleaned up the floors. The rest of the week, John sprayed the ceilings and he and his 5 painting ladies (M & M’s, Nettie, Georgia and Linda), sanded the walls and painted the primer coat and one coat of Antique white.
Nettie and Georgia insulated the doors and windows at Myrna's house, and then Gerry and Maurice started putting up the sheetrock. Maurice came down with a bug for a couple of days, and Georgia helped Gerry board one day, and Len another.
Len and Nettie and Georgia also spent some time putting on bubble wrap insulation underneath Leroy’s house.
Paul worked on electrical wiring and plumbing all week
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Mrs. S’s Cookie Factory was in operation for several days this week, Mrs. S. being Paul’s wife, my dear friend, Mary Stoltzfus from Pennsylvania. We were hosting the Hackberry Bluegrass Gospel Singers at the Catholic Church in Johnson Bayou on Tuesday evening instead of our Thursday evening games night. We had also invited our clients to attend for this musical evening, but only Leroy and his wife, Lorraine, were able to come. We also had the pleasure of Rene and Ruth from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, who had stopped in our campground on their way to Texas, attend to enjoy the music with us. They had no idea of who the Mennonites are, so we had to fill them in on our purpose and mission here.
Kathleen Sanner ("Miss Kat"), and Shayne, her singing partner, had sung a bit of a medley which included Down to the River to Pray fron O Brother Where Art Thou, when we had heard them at Ragley Country Gospel Show a couple of weeks ago, so I asked her if they could fulfil a dream of mine - to sing the whole song. I know our group has some lovely voices which would make the required choir. They were happy to accommodate, and I am happy to have it on video! A dream come true!!
We have had some nice weather, but also some more tornado warnings and wind and rain. We are relying on the Lord's protection. What a wonderful world if there were to be no such thing as a tornado to cause such havoc and destruction!
Bruce and Dave spent the week siding the house which is Project 4 (Myrna’s house). It is not a small house, and the two of them by themselves have been steady at it. It won’t be surprising if they don’t want to be doing siding any time soon after all the siding they have been doing with MDS!
Carol and Linda had a visit with the homeowner, Myrna, a middle aged widow, who shared her story. She will be very happy to have a home again after living in a tiny FEMA trailer for two years.
At Leroy's, during the early part of the week, John and Len completed finishing the drywall. Martha and Maretta (the M & M’s) and Nettie and Georgia painted the doors, trim and baseboards for Leroy’s house out in the storage shed. They were painting outside at first, but then the grass was being burned on a nearby bayou, and soot and ashes were falling on their newly painted masterpieces so they had to move inside.
John finished the taping on Monday and Linda cleaned up the floors. The rest of the week, John sprayed the ceilings and he and his 5 painting ladies (M & M’s, Nettie, Georgia and Linda), sanded the walls and painted the primer coat and one coat of Antique white.
Nettie and Georgia insulated the doors and windows at Myrna's house, and then Gerry and Maurice started putting up the sheetrock. Maurice came down with a bug for a couple of days, and Georgia helped Gerry board one day, and Len another.
Len and Nettie and Georgia also spent some time putting on bubble wrap insulation underneath Leroy’s house.
Paul worked on electrical wiring and plumbing all week
.
Mrs. S’s Cookie Factory was in operation for several days this week, Mrs. S. being Paul’s wife, my dear friend, Mary Stoltzfus from Pennsylvania. We were hosting the Hackberry Bluegrass Gospel Singers at the Catholic Church in Johnson Bayou on Tuesday evening instead of our Thursday evening games night. We had also invited our clients to attend for this musical evening, but only Leroy and his wife, Lorraine, were able to come. We also had the pleasure of Rene and Ruth from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, who had stopped in our campground on their way to Texas, attend to enjoy the music with us. They had no idea of who the Mennonites are, so we had to fill them in on our purpose and mission here.
Kathleen Sanner ("Miss Kat"), and Shayne, her singing partner, had sung a bit of a medley which included Down to the River to Pray fron O Brother Where Art Thou, when we had heard them at Ragley Country Gospel Show a couple of weeks ago, so I asked her if they could fulfil a dream of mine - to sing the whole song. I know our group has some lovely voices which would make the required choir. They were happy to accommodate, and I am happy to have it on video! A dream come true!!
We have had some nice weather, but also some more tornado warnings and wind and rain. We are relying on the Lord's protection. What a wonderful world if there were to be no such thing as a tornado to cause such havoc and destruction!
