The grass is turning green and the trees are beginning to bud here in Dothan, Alabama. It is getting warm enough to spend some of our free time outside without the very heavy, warmer clothing. Forgotten is the extreme weather we experienced driving down here the first part of January! In just 4 days, we will be packed and ready to head back north once again for springtime in Indiana. Can we be saying goodbye once again to new friends?!
This week was another productive week. The stairways are now finished. Don has been painting new bathrooms, utility rooms etc and now has 6 rooms completed. The floors have been installed in all of those rooms too. The new water fountains are installed and working. The men are now finishing up putting new sinks in multiple rooms and the plumbing that goes with that job. In just the short time we have been here, much as been accomplished.
Sunday was a special day for the women. Seven were baptized in the new robes that we had been sewing. However, after the baptismal we decided that sew on the Velcro. The iron on just didn’t hold after being in water and we had to re-sew them on by hand. That should work!! Now, all 17 of the robes are on hangers waiting to be used. Our last sewing project was to make coverings for the new acoustical panels to be installed in a room that has a bad echo. We finished them on Thursday morning and they look great. However, when they were checked the guy who had cut them out, he discovered one of them was the mirror image of what it needed to be! Sooo, on Monday morning we will be doing one of them again.
This was a week of celebrations. On Wednesday evening, the church held a dinner in our honor. That was a very special time for us. These people are so thankful that we came to help them. On Thursday evening, we spent our last time together as the 6 couples who have worked together these past 3 months. (One of the couples left yesterday to go to a family function.) We had a cookout that we all contributed food for. In addition to our group, we invited Chester (associate pastor) and his family, Steve & Ann Loveland (a church member who has worked alongside the men) and a retired RVICS couple, Richard & Barbara Walker. Yesterday for our tour day, we drove to Marianna, Florida, and date lunch with the 3 RVICS couples working there. We have worked with all 3 couples before and it was great visiting with them again!
Sunday will be our last day to worship with these wonderful people. However, we know that we won’t be forgotten nor will we forget them. When we travel this way again, we will stop in for a visit.
Right now, we are looking forward to seeing family once again and having a full summer. But, we know, that come September we will be more than ready to do it all again!!
No comments:
Post a Comment