Wednesday, May 03 2017
Today started early with a really pretty look out over the lake just as sun was rising. Located on Lake Chatuge, Hinton is really a pretty place.
Steve and Sandy brought our devotion today. It was based on an “Our Daily Bread” devotional about God is always listening. When we talk to him he always hears. We had some really good singing this morning. Bryant came down early and we had about 20 minutes of just messing around with some music before devotion and then ended our time with How Great Thou Art. Good music! We were surprised and thrilled when Jackie, the CEO of Hinton joined us for devotion. She just wanted to come spend a little time with us. We really appreciated that.
We then reviewed our work plans, marked off the items we completed yesterday and Bill added several more items to our list. The days are growing few and now there is even more to do. Hopefully we are up to the challenge. One of the things the NOMADS always do at the Hinton spring and fall projects is to change all the smoke detector batteries around campus. Cheryl and Jackie tackled that project and changed something like 98 batteries. That’s 98 trips up and down the ladder. They did an awesome job! Carol and Gene continued to work on the mudding and taping of the drywall in the kitchen and gathering area. It is looking really good. They got the second coat on all the kitchen and the first on the other. Oneta painted the retaining wall and it looks really nice. Dave and Bryant worked in the tool shed putting up some badly needed new lighting. Sandy and Steve continue work on the wall in the gathering area and the steps. It too is looking really good. The first of the paint should go on part of that tomorrow. Steve and Sandy are full-time RVers and do NOMADS projects most weeks of the year so they have a lot of experience and great skills. Max and Anne just try to keep everyone with the tools and supplies they need and fill in where we can help. Mostly we just need to stay out of the way and let this team do their thing.
And at the end of the day:
We forgot to show this yesterday. It is a comparison between the Lake House landscaping when we first arrived and this morning after all the great work the team members did yesterday.
We all went to Maria’s Hayesville Family Restaurant for lunch today. They have a nice buffet and the fried chicken was very good. Dessert come with it and Anne had the strawberry cobbler and Max the chocolate cake. It was all really good but by 2:00 we were feeling the need for a nap – which we did NOT get to take.
Then after work Dave and Carol prepared us all root beer floats and we all just sat outside in the beautiful spring afternoon and talked and laughed. Els, the lady in charge of hospitality and her husband came by and joined us for a time. Els’s husband spends several weeks each month in Haiti working with an orphanage. They are both from the Netherlands and always very interesting to talk with. It was another busy day. Only five more work days left and still lots to do.
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