Where Does the Time Go?

February 2013 is nearing its end.   We have no idea how it has disappeared so quickly!   However, we do have many visual reminders of the work we have completed and many memories to carry with us.

When we arrived for our assignment just a 3 short weeks ago, Lake Swan was wanting floors and ceilings completed in 5 rooms with them all painted by the women.   With a dozen hard working (albeit old and in worldly terms, elderly) individuals, this goal has been met and exceeded!  The men have now branched out with framing for doors and windows, some more demolition of some inner walls, rebuilding of some inner walls and hanging of a couple of doors.   Plus, they have 2 more days of work yet this week.   The women, still with paint brushes in hand, tackled a chapel in the main building, utility room and office in the snack shop.   The next couple of days will find them competing the final coats on all they have started.

Along with the familiar aches and pains we accumulate from our work, there are so many fun times we wouldn't miss for the world.  Along with our work skills, we bring our individual personalities with us.   With every group, there is a different mix in what we enjoy and how competitive we are.   This week, we all showed our very competitive nature in a couple of games provided by our social committee.  For the first time, we witnessed a rousing game of Chinese checkers.   Yes, it was a rousing game with all the men involved.   This was after DeGals and beaten DeBoz in a game of Guesstures.

Every winter in Florida, a reunion is planned for all RVICS that might be in the area.   This past Friday, 55 retired and active RVICS, met for lunch and an afternoon of catching up with new and old friends.   This is such a special time for everyone as we become very close with each other working, worshiping and getting to know each other in a way that doesn't help very often.   In the end, we share much in common.

This March, we begin our 7th year with RVICS and look forward to many more years of service.   However, this March we felt the need to step back and take the month off.   We are looking forward to a little bit of relaxing and visiting with friends from home.  However, there are more RVICS projects just waiting to be done, new friends to meet on down the road----------