Tuesday Night Blog: GWANDY (Gwen and Mandy)
Title: PEACE AND QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Day two of work here at Camp Caleb: We awoke with grateful hearts 45 minutes later than we were supposed to (we had breakfast at 7:15 instead of 6:30 am!)! The food here is amazing home-style Appalachian cookin’. We had the best baked French Toast in the world! After breakfast, we departed for our worksites, expecting another rainy wet day. However, the rain amazingly held off until it down-poured later this evening. Unfortunately, the torrential rain began on our walk to dinner! But we were grateful to see the sunshine and not to return back to camp wet and cold.
Update on work groups: Annie- Today the gold team completed the framing of the skirt on the trailer, finished plumbing both bathrooms, experienced setbacks in tiling, and replaced a window.
Chris, Eddie, Sarah (Sar Flar)- The purple team who is working on building a brand new house from the bottom up finished putting up the final two walls of the four and cuddled with 3 day old kittens.
Mandy and Gwen- Our orange team finished installing the last of the five windows, finished mudding 2 ceilings, built railings on the new deck, installed 5 doors and door frames that we stained yesterday, and cleaned.
Sarah (“Muddy Sparkle Horse”, Stretch, Legs, etc.)- The black team started building a porch today and cleaned up “black jimmies” (mice poop) in their resident’s house.
While waiting for the much anticipated hamburger casserole to be served, our group took the initiative to plan the prayer devotion that we are in charge of leading for Thursday night. During Mandy’s meditative reading of a possible poem to use for the prayer devotion, low and behold a wasp fell from above. Yet, this ferocious winged creature did not daunt Mandy during her reading. After the wasp fell, she then proceeded to swat at the wasp and kill it while forcefully yelling the words “PEACE AND QUIET!!!!” because that was a part of the mediation and she wanted to finish it. It was a funny moment. You had to be there.
Five Miles from Nowhere, a bluegrass band, performed their music for us and taught us bluegrass dances! Everyone had a great time and Eddie even led a dancing train! (Which is quite hilarious because Eddie is Eddie.)
We love you all. Good Night!!!
Love,
Gwandy
P.S. Jordan said hi.
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HI, M:a;ndy!! We fiinally figured out how to use this…we rwere replying to the trip from last year – he, he, hee….anyway, ti seems llike you all are doing great things down there. I loved the overview of the day; from Gwandy….i would have love to have seen you finish your meditation with the wasp dropping down I hope you all have this great sunshine to help you do God’s work today; and tomorrow…We love you and are very proud of you.
Love, Mom and Dad, Emmy and Hannah, Gracie, and Jabbie