RVing With a Purpose

Saturday, November 3, 2018

The clouds cleared out and today was another beautiful day. We slept in really late for us – almost 8:00. We haven’t had many sleep in days lately. We had no one leaving today and the only one coming in was in the afternoon. We got a slow start to the day and decided to try a new recipe for French toast for breakfast. Max just made it up (two eggs, eggnog, pinch of salt and sourdough bread.) We bought some eggnog last week to use in our hot chocolate. Max decided to use it for French toast. It was really good.

We spent a lot of time yesterday on family estate business and after sending out some emails late yesterday we got some calls this morning so we again spent a good part of the morning on family estate issues. After that we went to Lowe’s and were able to pick up some things we needed for Jackie’s house and the made a Walmart stop for groceries. A really nice grocery store is something we have not found here in Lumberton. There is no Publix, Kroger, Whole Foods, Sprouts etc. We have found an IGA, small Aldi and the Walmart Market which is across the street but we do miss our Publix. We then returned to Fred to greet our incoming NOMAD, Joanne. Max and Cindy helped her get parked and then we did some walking. We also had some NOMADS new member applications to handle this afternoon. It was a real laid back sort of day.  For our main meal today we made instant pot pot roast.  Our first time to give this a try and it also was quite good.  Good eats.

Since we didn’t have much of interest, we thought we would share what we were doing 2 years ago today in another part of North Carolina which is beautiful this time of year, Hayesville, NC at the Hinton Rural Life Center.

 

Friday, November 2, 2018

Today was a cloudy and sometimes rainy day. The sun poked out for a very short time this afternoon but by late afternoon the temperatures were thankfully starting to drop. The humidity was very high today and it was muggy feeling most of the day.

Reid was on his way to Ohio by 8:45 and had a long day of driving ahead of him. Hopefully he didn’t have rain the entire way, although he says rain doesn’t bother him. Cheryl and Bill got on their way about 12:45 but didn’t have as far to go. It was great to have these three with us last week. We hope we work with them again soon.

It was only a short time later that Bruce and Cindy arrived. More new-to-us NOMADS! This week all three rigs coming in are NOMADS we have never had on project. We are looking forward to new friends. Cindy walked with us for a while this afternoon and we introduced her to the pecan tree here in the park. There a lots of pecans here. Too bad we didn’t bring our nut cracker. Also this afternoon we had a visitor. New NOMADS from the area came by to see if they could talk to some NOMADS. Well, as God would have it, guess who’s rig they parked beside. Most of you know we could talk about NOMADS for more than a few minutes. We had a great visit with Chuck and Nancy. Hope we work with them soon too.

We sat and visited with Mike and Susan a while tonight. Later in the evening we had a call from our niece and nephew. Always enjoy hearing from Dave and Jennifer. Another good day! Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Today started out cloudy and we had some sun during the day but it was come and go. Temperatures were definitely warmer and humidity definitely higher. Not a bad day but not as beautiful as the rest of the week.

We, of course, started the day with devotion and today was led by Susan and Mike Katona. Scripture was from was Luke 9. Susan then read a writing of Oswald Chambers, a challenging writing questioning if we really follow God when it doesn’t make sense, when what God wants us to do doesn’t agree with our common sense. It is then that we must take a leap of faith. Once we will risk everything and leap by faith, we will see the common sense in God’s calling. A wonderful benefit of having a couple of pastors on our team is that Susan and Mike asked Bill and Cheryl to serve us communion this morning. We really like to close our time with our team with Holy Communion. It’s a special time for the team. Thanks so much Susan, Mike, Bill and Cheryl!

After discussing our goals for the day, we all headed back out to the job sites with everyone returning to where they left off yesterday. At Cheryl’s house Susan, Bill, Reid and Max worked to finish up the details. Max located an outlet on the new kitchen wall and got that operational. That meant there was a little work to be done to the drywall as well. Susan and Bill painted the kitchen ceiling, while Reid reinstalled the fan in the bedroom. Then of course there was cleanup work to be done. Everyone was back over at Jackie’s about lunch time. Max did the walk thru at Cheryl’s with Jeff about 2:00. There were a few little items on the punch list like a little additional painting and trim work. Essentially the job is finished but we will send some folks back on a while on Monday to complete the few items. Otherwise everyone is now working at Jackie’s. Today we finished the closet in one of the bedrooms including shelving. Jackie salvaged the wire shelving when all the drywall was torn out. That same bedroom got a coat of wall paint and the window painting is almost complete. Anne and Carol worked in that room most of the day and it is looking better. Bill installed the closet shelving just before we quit for the day. Looking good! Mike and Dave put together a new pressure washer and then resumed their baseboard installation. They have it all down except for a few areas where other work has to be done first. Reid used the new pressure washer to clean the front and back porch in preparation for painting next week. He also pressure washed the siding as needed. Susan, the caulking queen, started caulking the windows and baseboards. It looks so great! We will of course have touch up work to do on the walls as we get closer to complete.

We accomplished a lot this week! A great job by our team! The team went back to Cheryl’s late this afternoon to do a Blessing service and present her a Bible. Even though we are going back Monday to finish a few touch-ups, we decided to to this presentation today. Some of the team had never seen the Bible presented and Bill and Cheryl and Reid are leaving tomorrow morning. Bill led us in a service of blessing the home culminating in Max presenting the Bible to Cheryl and prayer. Cheryl was so happy and excited. She loves her home.

After completing the home blessing we all returned home for a quick shower and the we all went to dinner at Pier 41. Jeff and Ann joined us for dinner. Ann brought us a cake for dessert as well as a bag of candy for each family. So much for loosing weight. While we were at Pier 41, the District Superintendent for this area came in for dinner. We were able to meet and visit with him for a while. He is very interested in spending his retirement as a NOMAD and asked for a pamphlet which of course we gave him. Always recruiting. Everyone enjoyed their dinner and dessert. Today was a really good day.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

It was another picture perfect day and we again enjoyed sitting outside for morning break and lunch. The sun was so bright by afternoon break we stayed inside out of the sun.

Reid led us for our morning devotion time this morning using Bob Goff’s book “Love Does”. He read an except of the first chapter and from that excerpt it seemed it might be a book we would enjoy. The church we attended while in Oxford, MS had Mr Goff speaking there last week. It was probably very good. Reid encouraged us to remember that God is waiting to take our smallness into greatness and that He is always with us.

We discussed yesterday’s work and then headed back to the jobs we left yesterday. Susan went back to Cheryl’s house with Reid and Bill to work on the bedroom ceiling. They completed the installation and got everything painted and caulked. The only thing left to do there is to reinstall the ceiling fan – unless we get something added to the work order tomorrow when Max and Jeff do the final walk-thru. Cheryl is so happy and excited about the work we have done there.  We could get to do a give a Bible to Cheryl tomorrow. Would love to get to do that before Reid and Bill leave.

Anne, Dave, Carol and Mike were back at Jackie’s and Max again worked at both locations helping wherever needed, and kept us all in the needed supplies. Dave and Mike continued to cut and install baseboard. There is a lot of baseboard in this house. They are close to having it installed in all the rooms that are complete enough for base. There will also be some additional to install when we get the cabinets installed. Carol and Anne worked in one of the bedrooms making some repairs to the drywall and preparing for paint tomorrow. Anne also painted the closet in that bedroom. Carol worked on priming the windows this afternoon. The house is coming along but still lots to be done.

Tonight Bill and Cheryl (NOMAD Cheryl) went to see their grandchildren who live about an hour away, for trick or treating. We didn’t have any kids trick or treat us at the campground. Hope you had a great day. Tomorrow is NOMAD Friday. We will be ready for the “long” weekend.