Author: rvingwithapurpose

Sunday, February 16, 2019

We had a rather quiet weekend. Max had sinus infection last week that required a trip to the doctor for some antibiotic eye drops and Anne became ill with a cold Friday. We are both doing better but still coughing. Friday we did laundry, book work and in the afternoon road our bikes for about 8 miles around the island. Dan and Virgie, since this was their last weekend in the Keys, headed back to Key West. Mark went deep sea fishing with Jim and a member of the church and then he and Lisa and Sue went to a restaurant/marina down on Geiger Key Friday night. They said it was very good and we are probably going back there this Thursday. Saturday we again tried to get extra rest and did a short bike ride to Blue Hole.

Today was of course church and brunch but then tonight we had a pot luck. Mark smoked us a brisket as well as some pulled pork. Very Good!! The rest of us brought sides and Pastor Will and Connie along with Jim and his wife and daughter joined us for a nice meal and time of fellowship. We are hoping to feel better and have good weather next weekend.

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Max went to morning meeting today with Gumby in his pocket. Dan had given him a heads up last night that things were going to be different today. And they were. This morning Max and Mark headed to Home Depot for supplies for Dennis’s house and after returning with those went to a house a couple blocks away to assess the situation surrounding a water heater. While they were doing that the ladies began hanging drywall on the ceiling of the bathroom at Dennis’s. There are many ins and outs and not an easy task, with many cuts. There was wonder board to be installed on the walls around the tub. It got crowded in that little bathroom at times today. Big sheets of drywall and four to seven people. We were dancing around in there at times. But again today as every day, it was a good day. God continues to bless and keep us safe. Progress continues to be made for our homeowners. And now we have another weekend in the beautiful Lower Keys.

Dennis has been wanting us to try out the paddle boat he built ever since we started working on his house. Today a couple of us did. Fun.

The team went to King’s Seafood Market for our Thursday night dinner. The seafood was good again but the real hit was the Fried Key Lime Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

This morning’s devotion led by Sue was about thankfulness.  We went around the room and we all talked about three things for which we are thankful.  It was a good reminder of just how much we should be thanking God for each day.

This morning Mark and Lisa went back to the house on Lower Sugarloaf Key to remove the sink temporarily so the contractor could measure for the new counter top. Afterwards they reinstalled the sink and were back on Big Pine Key by lunch. The rest of the team worked at Dennis’s house mostly on remodeling the bathroom.  The sink at Dennis’s also had to be uninstalled for the contractor to measure for the countertops.  It wasn’t a surprise that immediately on the completion for the template, Dennis got the sink reinstalled.  He is enjoying having a kitchen with water for the first time in two years.  It was another good day.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

It was another beautiful day in the lower Keys. This morning we met in Virgie and Dan’s RV for morning devotion and meeting. We had the devotion today and talked about paying attention. If we are to be like Jesus, we must pay attention to others, their needs, their hearts, the things that are important to them. We must do this for the people we lead, work with and really importantly, our family.

After devotion, the rest of the team returned to Dennis’s while Max and Anne went back to the house on Atlantis Street to complete the closet. We spent the morning working on the closet and also putting a couple of toggle bolts in the closet we finished yesterday. It just wasn’t quite as stable as we wanted and the toggle bolts took care of that perfectly. After lunch we installed the last two supports in the walk-in, vacuumed up the drywall dust and dirt called our assignment complete. Next we went back to Marathon to pick up more supplies. We are becoming regulars at Home Depot and are getting pretty good at finding what we need.

 

The rest of the team got the sink temporarily installed and plumbing working in Dennis’s kitchen. With some plywood for counter tops, he feels like he is ready to start cooking. He is even putting a few items in his cabinets. The baseboards and caulking were also completed today and they began reworking the bathroom. The team will be spending less time at Dennis’s over the next week or so while we are waiting on counter top and windows to be installed. We are almost done. There are several other homes waiting for work.