RVing With a Purpose

Rain Then Sunshine

Sunday September 13, 2020

Yesterday was a rainy, sleepy day. This area of Illinois needed some rain so it was a good thing. We relaxed, rested and did the usual weekend stuff in the rig. Laundry, changing the sheets, grocery store and cooking. Today was a beautiful day – in several ways. Beautiful sunshine! Wonderful worship service streamed to us from Lester Memorial. Missing our church. We enjoyed preparing some meals for this coming week. Anne worked on some NOMADS business getting ready for the annual board meeting. This afternoon we were able to join by zoom the ordination service for our dear friend (we claim her as almost our daughter), Melody. Wish we could have been there in person but…it was in Canada so not possible. Congratulations, sweet Melody! It was so good to see you today! May God continue to bless and keep you in his care!

This little fellow stayed on our window most of Saturday afternoon.

Old Rt 66 – where we walked a few miles after church this morning.

This evening we ended the weekend by walking a few miles on the Interurban Trail again.

And we met another little brown snake on the trail.

BTW, if you thought we would be home by now – we had planned to be. But Gumby won out again. Since things were not quite ready for us to install the drywall when we got here, we haven’t completed the work we came here to do. All four of the NOMADS decided to stay a few more days. Anne will have zoom meetings Thursday and Friday so we have to be somewhere with good internet those days. It will be another fun week ending with us back in Alabama for a few weeks unless of course, Gumby returns. Everyone stay safe and healthy!

Tired of Drywall Pictures?

Friday, September 11, 2020

Drywall mudding and finishing is all we did today and we figure y’all are probably tired of pictures of that. So here is a picture from our foggy morning walk. There are many,many acres of corn and soybeans growing in the fields around MMDC so that is what we see when we walk.

But if you really like watching drywall finishing, click on the picture below for a short video of us at work:

Remember the heinous attack that was perpetrated on our country 19 years ago today. And remember to pray for those who are still suffering from the effects of that evil act. And remember to pray for all law enforcement, other first responders (including 9-1-1 telecommunicators) and service members who place themselves in harm’s way for our safety and security.

Still Working on Drywall

Thursday, September 10, 2020

We have completed the drywall!! Well, really we have completed the installation of the drywall. Today we started the finishing process – the mudding and taping. For most of the guys we work with in NOMADS this is not their favorite part. It’s really not the favorite part of the three guys working here, but that’s what we all did today. It’s what we will all be doing probably for as long as we are here. We are really pleased with the progress we are making. We are very tired but it’s a good tired. We will continue tomorrow working to get everything first coated. Life is good!

Cross section of one of the sound proofed walls. That is a 2×4 wood stud wall with fiberglass insulation between the studs. On each side is a layer of sound deadening board, metal spacing strips to create an air gap and finally a sheet of 5/8″ drywall.

Chantel, the director of MMDC, was attending a conference of military partners and met an attendee from Belize. In their discussions Chantel found out several needs from that person’s home area. One of the needs was for an ambulance to be used as a mobile clinic. MMDC staff found this one on a government surplus site purchased it at a very good price. It will be shipped by one of the military partners to Corozal in the next few days.

Still Making Progress

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Today was a very cloudy and we had several showers pass over. Temperatures are now cooler. Nice!

The four of us are continuing to work very hard to get the drywall installed for MMDC and we are making good progress. It would be nice to install the final piece tomorrow. May not happen but it would be nice. Check back tomorrow and see.