Tuesday on the Mission Trip


West Virginia Mission Trip, Day 3, August 8, 2017.

   God continued to bless us today, this time with the fine sun-filled sky for starters.  Once again we split up into 2 teams in order to help out at 2 sites at once.
    Team “Joni” consisted of Donna, Shawn, Kelly, Greg, Jean, Dave,  and myself.  We bought Joni new cabinets for her kitchen, and once again she was brought to tears.  Shawn and Greg continued with the plumbing both under the house in the tight crawl space, and the bathroom.  They dug a hole just outside the house and found all kinds of interesting pipes.  Jean and Dave and I helped with the taping of the cracks and mudding of the drywall in the hallway.  Donna (who was totally flawless) assisted Kelly with hanging drywall in the bathroom.  Then Project manager Gary and Kelly discussed the electrical in the bathroom.  All went well there, and much was accomplished.  Joni was also there, and worked longer than we did.
  On the other side of town Team “Michelle” had to wait for more supplies, and Pastor Bob and Kyle got so bored they decided to smash down a wall.  Or maybe it was intentional.  Anyways they helped to start building another one.  The other 2 groups included Elvis, Pete, and Pastor Peter who fixed the roof over the building part where we were working.  And Becky and Autumn (along with Michelle) put up insulation.  Two mishaps though:  Kyle got stung by a wasp on his arm.  Michelle’s Dad Rodney stopped by to pick up the now full goose-neck trailer, but then later that day fell down and had to be taken to the hospital.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you Rodney. 
   Once we arrived back at home base Shawn cooked us chicken on the outside grill (provided by the church) while the kitchen ladies heated baked beans and served potato salad and coleslaw and cooked broccoli.  During our meal Pastor Pete shared fascinating insights into his heritage, and then the group shared snake stories (not about Adam and Eve.)
   For evening devotions led by Pastor Bob, we studied the parable about the wheat and the weed (no one needs to sow weeds in my garden, they are already there.)  Then we talked about the pros and cons of Mountain-top Mining, and the benefits of missions like ours.  Later a few of us went to the nearby Wal-Mart for supplies.
   Thanks to Jean for her patience in helping me by handing over the necessary supplies while I was high on the ladder, Shawn for his extreme generosity for going the extra mile in making sure he could do all he could to help with Project Joni, and all the rest of us who showed love and joy in their work.

  I better sign off now so that Pastor Peter can begin to post the pictures.  God Bless, Clark.

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