November 11, 2008
Well, I have time to sit and type some more on our blog this afternoon thanks to the rain which has started to pour down around the middle of the morning.
I forgot to mention that Thursday evening we went for dessert to the West Texas Bible Encampment which is home to the regular short-term volunteers with project managers Alec (Fig) Newton and Laura Dupp from Abbotsford, B.C. We met a number of volunteers from Manitoba and some from La Crete, Ab. We also had the privilege of listening to “Brother Jason” who had prepared a special message just for the MDS volunteers. It was a very nice evening.
On our first Friday off, we washed half of our fifth wheel to get the oxidation from the summer off. Friday evening was the excellent Mark Lowry concert in Jasper. Mark used to be with the Gaither team. Turns out he was a classmate of the Pastor of the church there – they did a number together which was just awesome!
Friday morning I learned of a casualty at home. My wonderful pets managed to trash my 12 inch silver gazing ball which was “safely” harbored from harm on our dresser in the bedroom for the winter. Oh well, no sense crying over smashed gazing balls…
On Saturday, we were supposed to go fishing at a private pond of some friends of the unit, however, this fell through and we travelled with the Hieberts to Lloyd’s Trailer Sales at Orange instead. And didn’t we find a huge yard sale on the way. Good thing Len’s a good sport when we ladies insisted he turn around. He’s getting at pulling U-ies in the middle of the highway! We found some interesting things we couldn’t live without. The men made their purchases at Lloyds and we said hello to our salesman, Danny. Then back to the site. John and I went and tried the “new” sirloin tip dinner at Dairy Queen and I had taken my laptop along just in case they had internet there. They did, so stayed for an extra hour and he picked me up later.
Sunday morning we went to Ralph Rosedale’s Baptist Church at Brookville. We went early enough for Sunday School (Bible Study) as well and I got to meet the sweetest little ole’ Texas ladies! I enjoyed the fact they were more intent on visiting, finding out the latest news and wanting to find out about their visitors than getting into the rather dry bible study material…. One 10 year old girl came up when the Pastor gave the invitation to make a commitment to the Lord. That was neat!
After church, we all went to Momma’s Kitchen, a buffet put on by a “Black” Bible College for the last 4 years. The college campus is a distance out of town. All the servers and cooks were African American (or whatever is politically correct) and they were the friendliest people! The food was excellent and I am sure we will go there again.
Our group was taking a long time visiting after we had finished eating, so I went outside to get some fresh air. There were a bunch of children playing on the lawn and no sooner I sat down than I was barraged by three of the cutest little black kids you ever saw, ages 4 and 6. Their pretty, young Mom came out in a little while too, after the dinner rush, and we all had a lovely little visit.
We got so bored sitting around Sunday evening that we hollered across to Len and Nettie to bring over their Sequence game again – we broke even – Men 1 and Women 1.
Later John was happy to discover we are able to get 3 more T.V. channels in addition to FOX and PBS. He missed his “News”.
It was back to work on Monday, with a lovely sunny day again. The windows arrived and John and Len put them in. I helped with the window flashing tape. Nettie and Diane were back to pulling electrical wiring. Phil got the siding underway so the young helpers from the short termers could get going on it. Vern was doing all the things necessary to keep work going. Walt was on the road to Jasper again for materials.
It rained over night and Tuesday morning was a bit damp. It was a lot damper as the morning progressed. My task for the morning was to hold the one end of the Hardy plank siding while the one young fellow held the other end and the other young fellow fastened it with the air nailer. Before I knew it, I got promoted to “foreman” of the siding crew. That was quite a promotion in a short time!! By 10:45 a.m., it was pouring rain on and off. By noon, it was just straight pouring rain. I stayed home in the afternoon. John was working on plumbing, but they all quit a bit early. It rained cats and dogs all evening, and there was a tremendous electrical storm all night – lots of lightning and thunder – thankfully very little wind.
Wednesday, we 3 ladies started insulating. We have two bedrooms done, with the third to be finished tomorrow. There was only enough insulation purchased so far to do the three bedrooms. John is hoping to be able to start putting up gyproc on Monday. We only have two more four-day weeks here, so it would be nice if we can get as much accomplished as possible.
Yesterday, Mr. Phil put up the back veranda and today he finished the stairs, as well as getting back to the siding. Because the yard was so wet, the two young helpers didn’t work at this site.
We learned that our friend, Jules Gareau, from the Klassic Kruizers, lost his battle with cancer on Monday night. We were praying that he wouldn’t have to suffer too much longer. Our heart goes out to his wife and family to have to deal with such a loss. He was a good friend to us.
Well, I should get this posted to the blog in case I don’t have time tomorrow.
Good night everyone, and God Bless.
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