New month, new location and a new RVICS team! After a month at home, once again we traveled to another RVICS project. Five other couples have, also, driven many, many miles. Two of the couples drove around 1500 miles to come. Actually, at 850 miles, we are "close" to home. With many projects, we work with "new" to us couples but this month we have worked with each one previously. It is good to meet up with old friends again. One member of the team, actually had retired from RVICS a couple of years ago and have returned to work this month!
This November finds us at a ministry and place that is new to us at Whispering Pines Camp in Citronelle, Alabama, which in a half hour north of Mobile Our RVICS "village" is now all set up on the spacious lots and the hosts have made us feel very much at home. In fact, there is a red maple tree we can see from our RV that is loosing its leaves---just like home. (However, fall is very late in our part of the world in Indiana and our maple trees were still green when we left HC.) The centerpiece of the drive is a magnificent magnolia tree that is estimated to be 200 years old. Oh, the stories it could probably tell of the storms etc. that have gone through. This weekend we have seen the camp in use when about 100 girls arrived Friday evening for a retreat. What fun to see the 3rd & 4th graders (I think) out enjoying the facilities here and hear them singing praises!
Come Monday morning, we will begin working. The men will start with a house on the property that needs some major renovating. Paint brushes will be pulled out by the ladies to put some green paint on some dormitory walls. Let the fun begin-----
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