Week #1 Carson Springs

As we finish week #1 at the Carson Spring Baptist Conference Center, we have finished one of our most physical week’s worth of work on a RVICS project. They have a long list of things that they would like to have done during our stay here.

The men have been working in 2 groups of 3 each. Don and his team have been digging holes and filling them with cement for new lights along a driveway. Digging a hole here is not that simple because it is mainly rock. They have custom made new window sills for the chapel. As preliminary work for next week, they have drawn up plans for a new sewer from one of the lodges. The other group of 3 men have been demolishing a building (keeping most of it for another building project). Prayers were with them on Thursday. As they had a lift removing the trusses, the rafters gave way and the WHOLE thing fell to the floor where the men were standing. It all happened in a matter of 2-3 seconds. After the dust cleared the men were all standing together OUTSIDE unharmed. It was a miracle. The day before they had been standing on them but didn’t realize that there was rot on one end of a couple of them that came loose and brought the whole thing down as dominos.

The ladies have been working in groups of 3 also. One group have been working on cleaning over 700 chairs in the chapel. Yes, it is more than a weeks worth of work! Sharon and that group have been patching holes in poured cement walls in a large room in the basement of the conference center that is being made for an office for housekeeping. The holes are patched. We are now coating all the walls with the same material. This is something new for me to add to my “resume”. Next week, the painting begins.

Yes, the truck was repaired as of yesterday. The “damage” could have been worse but they still had to take the whole transmission out. It is good to have transportation again. However, we haven’t lacked for rides.

This is a great group of people and we are enjoying our time with them. We are thoroughly enjoying one lady in particular that heads up the housekeeping staff. She is instructing us in the culture of the east Tennessee people. What a delight she is.

Thank you once again for your prayers. As you can see, they are being felt.