Day Seven: Friday, April 10, 2009

Day Seven: Friday, April 10, 2009
The Final Day of Work
Stuart, Bob, Wes and I all met out in the dining area for our usual morning coffee and prebriefing.

Titus-Part Four
Gary led us in the final study on Titus.
⁸This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.

Because we have trusted in God we are take great care that we devote ourselves to doing that which is good.

Corn Dogs?
The question on every one's lips at breakfast was "Corn dogs?" Except they weren't corn dogs but a breakfast treat know as sausage dogs. A sausage link dipped in corn dog batter. I was so fascinated by that I can't even remember what else we had except bacon!


Last Day at the Gator House
We made some last minute switches and we put together the first sheet rock team lead by Jeremy. They were going to do Cissy the cook's house. The second sheet rock team (Chuck, Mike, me, Jeremy Petersen, Joel, Michael, Cindy, and Rose went back to the Gator House to finish up all the left over sheet rocking. We also took Bob Easter and Wes Baker back.
We started out poorly as I didn't realize that you weren't supposed to sheet rock on the inside of the door frames if you were putting a door there. So we put up a whole bunch until Stuart came and told us we needed to take them down. We had a bit of a hard time hitting our stride but we wound up finishing all the dining and kitchen area and the entry way as well as all the closet and door finish work.

Finishing the hallway.
Tricia fixed a delicious Texas Taco Soup for lunch. Full of beans and hamburger, spicy and poured of taco chips, it really was amazing. Not sure the beans may have been such a great idea.


Tricia bought us a cake too.



Rose and Cindy were our insulation team.


At the end of the day Tricia had us all sign a panel in the closet as a memorial to our week with them and the work we did on their home.





Julia and Zoe in their room. They put in most of the sheetrock screws here the day before.

Alyssa hard at work on cleanup



Zoe and "father."



Top Rockers at Sissy's
At the last minute we decided it was necessary to send the top sheet rocking team to the cook's house. This was at the special request of David Wagner the church business manager. Jeremy, KC, Emily, Walter, Cody, Sara, Jessica all went there to do a top notch job. Matching factory seem to factory seem and all. When I thought I might be leading the team there, I actually was getting a bit anxious so I was actually quite relieved to have Jeremy and his team go.

Painting at Amber's
A covey of girls finished up the painting at Amber's house. This group was lead by Renee and included Meagan, Ophelia, Erin, Hannah, Zoe and Julia.

Tiling at Winnie's
Gary and Peggy finished up tiling the living room and bathroom floors at Winnie's house. Gary Frey and our van drove by to check it out and see if his missing drill was there.


Final Goodbyes with Robert and Tricia at the Gator House
We finished up at about 3 and began saying our good byes to Robert and Tricia.





Man Fun
When we were at Al-T's somebody bought a bottle of pickled quail eggs and Jeremy brought them out for a man eating ceremony to reconfirm their manhood.


Lasagne Dinner
We had lasagne, corn, carrots, bread and an incredible assortment of Blue Bell Ice Cream. After dinner we sang for Emily Peterson and her birthday and then for Stuart and his 50th which is on Monday. Robert drove over and joined us even though Tricia had stayed home to sleep. What a joy it was to get to know them. May God continue to speak to his heart and draw him yo himself.

Good Bye Truck
We circled around Stuart's truck to pray before KC, Rose, Jessica, and Bob took off for their 2000 mile driving journey back to Sacramento.

Sharing Service
We went back up to the junior high room at 8:30 for our debriefing and had a blessed, joyous time together. Pretty much everyone shared their heart about what God had done this week. So much has happened that only God could have orchestrated. And clearly we are all changed people.

Louisiana Mosquitos, Not Gators Eat Us
We promised the kids to take them over to that small lake we had been to just inside Louisiana. We nearly filled the two vans and got there in the pitch dark. No gators to be seen, but you could not imagine the number of mosquitos that attacked us. I had to go back to the van there were so many. I bet I had ten on my legs when I got back into the light.