RVing With a Purpose

Monday, June 17, 2019

Today was another sunny and HOT day. It was really hot out on the concrete slab today. We didn’t have any of the scattered showers come over the job site so the crew got a whole hard day of work.

Yesterday we went to the current Hodge Baptist Church for worship. The congregation is so welcoming and excited about their new building being started. We understand they have been talking about building a new church for 20 years so some of their members have been waiting a long time to see the first wall go up. The worship service was very good with good music and a good message. Since it was Father’s day we decided to avoid the restaurants and had lunch at the motor home. After a relaxing afternoon our team meeting began at 6:00. The church joined us for a fellowship meal and time of devotion before we got down to the business of filling out all the necessary paperwork and hearing all the opening announcements.

Work today began at 6:00 am with a break for breakfast shortly after 7:00. Debra and Anne’s team was responsible for lunch. They didn’t have to do much work because there were had so many leftovers from last night’s dinner. It was a successful meal with lots of fresh watermelon, tomatoes and cantaloupe to go with the leftovers. Max and Randy and the rest of the crew worked very hard on the new church and by quitting time today a lot of the exterior walls were standing. Really exciting times for the church members.

Saturday, June 15, 2019

It was another beautiful day in Dutton, Al. Nice breeze most of the day with a few scattered clouds. The sun was pretty unrelenting for those working out on the slab. Randy and Max wore their sun hats but faces still look like they may have gotten a little too much sun.

The guys were on the job site with Ray directing them at 8:00. Since Saturday is an “extra” day to get things setup and started, Ray let everyone sleep in today. We will start at 6:00 am starting Monday. The people working on the new church building were laying out the walls and installing the base plates. Some also worked on building the T posts and corner posts. Anne and Debra were back in the kitchen at 8:00. They were assigned the “store” so they spent most of their day unpacking all the T-shirts, hats, caps, sweat shirts, etc. and setting up the displays of all the Constructors for Christ logoed items. We all enjoyed our day renewing friendships with all the people we will be working with for the next week. We had between 30-40 people working on this “extra” day. It was a very productive day and we are looking forward to the rest of our team members arrival tomorrow.

Friday, June 14, 2019

Two more beautiful days. Cooler temperatures. It was 57 degrees this morning and remained cool all day. Nice.

Yesterday was a relaxing day. We decided to drive up Sand Mountain to locate our job site for next week. When we arrived another Constructors for Christ couple were on site delivering one of the equipment trailers. It was great to see Gary and Debra again. We visited a while and then went to look at the kitchen where we will be eating three meals a day next week.

After looking around a while we drove over to Huntsville to visit the new Duluth Trading store that opened in Madison last week. Nice store and we had fun just browsing. They had some interesting items that might be in our future.

Today we moved Fred from Hollywood to New Home Church Camp on top of Sand Mountain. This is a beautiful camp in a really nice setting. Quiet and peaceful place. We will enjoy being here. Randy and Debra arrived mid afternoon and of course we were excited to see them. Soon two other Constructors friends arrived, and then two more. Max and Randy spent the afternoon putting a new 12” compound miter saw and stand together. Anne and Debra went to the kitchen to assist in unloading the kitchen trailer. We got the trailer unloaded but it will take all morning tomorrow to get things organized and put away. We are now just relaxing, watching a baseball game, and enjoying our time with Randy and Debra. Two good days. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Wednesday June 12, 2019

We have had showers and thunderstorms the past three days but no severe weather in our area. With the intermittent rain we have also had a little cooler temperatures. Nice!

Monday was busy with dental appointments for both of us and then errands and business meetings. We also continued to work on downsizing our stuff at the house. The first time you work on purging your closet it’s easy. The second time through it’s a little harder. Anne says she still has too much to fit in Fred and it’s getting hard. It does feel good to walk in to the closet and see all the empty space. Making progress.

Tuesday we had family meetings for both the LOLs at the Rehab center. Nothing really new going on there. The staff has taken care of some of our concerns and they are providing good care for our dear aunts. We also took care of more errands in Oneonta, shopped for the ladies, took donations to Hope House and stopped by the curb market for fresh veggies and water melon. Love our Alabama veggies.

After one more dental appointment today, we decided to go to Hollywood. Hollywood, Alabama that is. It was an uneventful 2.5 hour drive and we arrived and hooked up Fred just before the afternoon thunderstorms arrived. We will begin working Friday or Saturday preparing for the start of a new church building in Dutton, Alabama a small community a few miles from the small community of Hollywood. Dutton does not have RV parks. Hopefully tomorrow will be a day of relaxing.