Sunday, April 09, 2017
Another wonderful, beautiful day. A little cool again this morning – jackets required – but warmed up to T-shirt weather by lunch time. Of course it was jacket weather again this evening. It’s amazing the change in the trees in the past week. Spring in Alabama. Nice!
It’s Sunday, so we get to go to church! Richard wanted to go back to the bluegrass service at Springville UMC but the rest of us went to the contemporary service. The people were again very friendly and welcoming and the service was nice. The snacks were good too. Pastor Chip again brought a very good message. His Lenten sermon series has been on the Nobodies. Today he used Luke 19:28-40 and told a story about how his Dad stood up for him when he was getting picked on by bigger kids in his neighborhood. He then transitioned to how Jesus stood up for the Nobodies and downtrodden and continues to do that for us today.
We then went back to Sumatanga, finished cleaning house and getting the motor home ready for Barry to come work on the air conditioner. We have had a problem with the dash air. It was determined that a fitting was leaking and needed to be replaced. However, Freightliner in Gaffney didn’t have the part when we were there last fall for FRED’s annual maintenance. The part has been on back order. With Barry’s help we were able to get the part made. We ordered it the first of last week and it was delivered Friday. Today Barry installed the part for us and everything was wonderful. He charged the a/c with coolant and it was cooling great. However, when he removed the coolant tank hose all the coolant came rushing out. Seems the people who made the part did not put the valve core in the part. Very disappointing. Fortunately, Barry can take care of that too, and will return to Sumatanga later this week with the tool to finish the repair. Oh well, FRED isn’t fixed but we had a really good visit with Donna and Barry. We miss getting to spend time with them. We need to plan another road trip with them. After they went home we got a good walk on the Lake trail and then some reading and rest. Hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to a good week. Pray that we stay safe and accomplish what God would have us do here at Sumatanga.
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