RVing With a Purpose

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

It was a beautiful morning with blue skies and a mild 58 degrees. Great walking weather which we did right after breakfast. We walk 20-25 minutes every morning and it seems to be a great way to start the day. Thirty minutes would be better but when we are leading a group we don’t seem to have that extra 10 minutes in the mornings.

Today Nancy and Gary led devotion today presenting a Charles Stanley meditation based on Mathew 25:21. If we are faithful in the small things, He will give us even greater. Everything we do is to be done for Him and to bring him Glory. Just remember that everything on our to do list can/should be done for God and to the very best of our ability. Everything we do as NOMADS in people’s homes should be done as if for God and to the best of our ability, because He is the reason we are here. Thanks, Nancy and Gary.

We all went back to our work sites of yesterday, Gary, Nancy, Rick and Sue to Rhonda’s house with Anne, Stel, Jodi and Betty back to Lianna’s. Max was busy purchasing materials and delivering to the jobs and helping out at both sites. After finishing the siding at Rhonda’s yesterday, the trim became the focal point today. All the doors are now trimmed out, all the base boards are ready for installation. The living room paneling walls were sanded and textured. Our tasks are approaching completion.

At Lianna’s in Friendship, WI, the larger exterior wall 5/8” drywall installation was completed. We just have to cut out the area over the block windows. The smaller wall needs one more piece of ½” drywall installed and then we will begin finishing. It was a busy and tiring day for everyone but it was a good day.

Immediately after work tonight we went to the New Lisbon community dinner and had brats and hot dogs. We saw some of the same people we see at church but most were new to us. Bingo was to be played with prizes for the winners but we were all so tired from work we all left after eating. Yep, we are getting old.

Monday, August 26, 2019

It was raining when we woke up this morning and it was a gray, damp day all day. We never really got much rain, but we never saw even a glimpse of the sun, so the temperature never warmed up. The high today was 68 degrees.

We walked this morning before team meeting in just a few sprinkles. We led devotion today and used 1 Corinthians 14:26 encouraging everyone to bring their gifts and talents to share with the rest of the team so that together we will accomplish and be what God desires. After devotion Max headed immediately out to Elroy to Nate’s house to meet the plumber. They began this morning and think they will complete the job tomorrow. The electrician was there over the weekend, so his house may be ready for NOMADS again sooner than expected. We will have to find out in the morning the agency’s priorities. Anne stayed with the team to get everyone one the way to job sites. Today Nancy and Gary, and Rick and Sue went to Rhonda’s. Max was also there in between being at Nate’s with the plumber. Gary and Rick completed the re-installation of the exterior siding today. Looks good! Then they started on trim. Nancy and Sue completed staining the trim, primed the exterior side door and the glass block window and the began helping Denise fill the grooves in the living room paneling in preparation for painting. We are really making progress on Rhonda’s house.

Anne, Stel, Jodi, Tom and Betty went to the new job site, Lianna’s house. It was a slow start, first unloading all the materials and then determining exactly what needed to be done and developing a plan. Today they built and partially rebuilt a basement wall and installed the insulation on two walls. They also did the layout for installing a sink in the kitchen cabinet. Things are going well at Lianna’s. It was a very productive day.

After getting back home, most of the team enjoyed last night’s leftovers for supper tonight. Thanks, Roxy, for feeding us so well. We have a great group for our last two weeks. Hopefully we can get some projects completed before we have to close down until next year.

Sunday, August 25.2019

Another beautiful and cool Sunday. We again walked in the early morning coolness before getting ready for church. Church today was an outdoor service with a picnic following. As one of the church-goers said “Feed them and they will come”. Well, there was a larger crowd today for the service and picnic. The increase may have also been because they were paying tribute to their retiring organist. It was primarily a music based service and we closed with the organist’s favorite song, “Freely, Freely”. The hot dogs, brats, and sides with lots of desserts were really good. It was a fun time. In the afternoon we rode out to a new job site to take a look around. The home owner was not there but the person there told us how to get in tomorrow and where we are suppose to be working.

Later in the afternoon Nancy got us all together to play a new game which was a good time for us to all start getting to know one another. Then we had another wonderful meal by Roxy of homemade tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. It’s just cool enough here in Wisconsin that we all really enjoyed this comfort food meal. It was then time for our weekly meeting and discussion of the project and then back to the rig for our hot tea. Looking forward to another productive work week. Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Saturday, August 24, 2019

It was 46 degrees this morning. A little too cool, requiring heat from Anne’s perspective. It warmed up quickly and we were in t-shirts before lunch.

Today Norm pulled out shortly before 8:00 and we had two couples, Betty and Tom from Arkansas and Sue and Richard, fulltimers from Florida, coming in so we stayed at the church except for going to the post office to pick up our mail. We cooked some of the cinnamon rolls we bought yesterday in the Dells for breakfast, and they tasted just as good as the ones Roxy prepared for us last Sunday. Yep, it’s at least a 5 pound project.

After doing a little work around FRED, we worked on patching/finishing some drywall at the church while we were waiting on our arrivals. Sue and Richard arrived early afternoon and Betty and Tom got in about 6:30 this evening. We took both couples on little tours of the campground and church and then left them to settle in for the next two weeks. Our team that is now here will be here for the next two weeks. We are looking forward to working with them, and by being the hands and feet of Jesus, bring hope to this community. Don’t forget to pray for services tomorrow.