Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Day Three-Hard work, then some relaxation.  Today work has progressed steadily.  We continue to take down drywall, and remove alot of debris from the house we have been working on.  Aches and pains, oh yeah.  We all have them now.  But we march on with a positive  a "get 'er done" attitude and continue on making sure we are all hydrated.  The suits you see in the picture-again-are VERY hot and even a little uncomfortable, especially with the heat, humidity, and the goggles constantly fogging up on us.  (I think we need that anit-fogging stuff they make for windshields).  The hardest part thus far (besides the phsyical limitations and hot, sweaty conditions-has been the waiting on the dumpster.  The driver picked up one yesterday and delivered another one.  That one is full (again) and we are awaiting another dumpster-which I am sure will be filled almost as soon as it is delivered.  With all of us pitching in and ongoing efforst continuing, the owner has requested two dumpsters-which will undoubtably be filled rather quickly-Back to the grind we go-as singing like the seven dwarfs (no, make that 14 of us) sing-Hi Ho, HI Ho, it's off to work we go...This has definitely been a mission filled with doing what we need to be doing to all of our brothers and sisters.  Showing them the love and the compassion that God has shown taught (AND commanded) for us to do.  Please continue to pray for us all as we continue on this endeavor.  And pray for the folks who have been devastated and displaced by Hurricane Sandy and for the victims and the fire and rescue persons who gave their all as well!  What a blessing this has been for all of us in participating in this Mission.

On the relaxation for end of the day notes-we took a trip via subway to the city, took a two hour double decker bus tour of the city.  For some this was a first time-both for subway rides and also for seeing and the tour of NYC.  A fun time was enjoyed by all.  We saw many sights, the Empire State Building, the Twin Towers, Macys Dept Store, Trump Towers, the UN building-just to name a few-many other sites were seen. Some of us have admitted being out of our comfort zones-one or two saying-country bumpkins we are and a little gun shy when going to the Big Apple.  Even though we have been tired, a great time has been enjoyed by these folks who (again) continue to deal with heat, humidity, and the uncomfortableness of these suits and goggles! 

For any successes we have, we give all the honor, glory, and praise to Christ.  Thanks be to God for giving us this time to work, be comerades in arms, and pray for each other here this week!

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