Thursday, July 2, 2015
Rain rain go away!!
Today started out very promising. We went back to our worksite from Tuesday and continued working on the deck we were building. It was overcast and had rained all night, so we could not continue applying tar to the roof. But we did an excellent job with the deck. We finished digging all of the holes and placing the 4x4 pieces in them. We also cut 8ft 2x6 pieces of wood and placed them in the middle of our deck frame for stability. But then the rain started! We headed back to the manse for lunch and hoped for the rain to stop...
It is now 5pm and the rain has not let up at all. We have been playing cards and Perudo and hanging out. It's been fun and relaxing, but it's also making us anxious because we really want to finish the deck before we leave on Saturday. We will continue to hope and pray for no rain tomorrow so we can finish it up!
It is now 5pm and the rain has not let up at all. We have been playing cards and Perudo and hanging out. It's been fun and relaxing, but it's also making us anxious because we really want to finish the deck before we leave on Saturday. We will continue to hope and pray for no rain tomorrow so we can finish it up!
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
White water rafting
Today was our day off, but it sure didn't feel like it!! We went rafting on the new gauley river after taking a very interesting "adventure cut" as we drove from Colcord to Fayetteville. We were late to our drop off site, but our rafting place was extremely accommodating and took great care of us!!
Our trip down the river was fantastic. We hit a lot of great rapids and we all made it through safely, albeit extremely wet! It was a work out for sure, as we all had to paddle throughout the trip - too bad none of us were wearing our fitbits or Nike fuelbands!
We are currently eating and relaxing at Dirty Ernies! The food is way better than the name. It's a local treat and most of us are eating food straight out of the huge smoker in the back!
We are looking forward to our trip back over the mountain tonight and two more days of building, painting, and cleaning on Thursday and Friday.
On a side not we were all delighted to see that the U.S. Women's team won their semifinals match and will be playing for the World Cup championship on Sunday night!!
Rob
Our trip down the river was fantastic. We hit a lot of great rapids and we all made it through safely, albeit extremely wet! It was a work out for sure, as we all had to paddle throughout the trip - too bad none of us were wearing our fitbits or Nike fuelbands!
We are currently eating and relaxing at Dirty Ernies! The food is way better than the name. It's a local treat and most of us are eating food straight out of the huge smoker in the back!
We are looking forward to our trip back over the mountain tonight and two more days of building, painting, and cleaning on Thursday and Friday.
On a side not we were all delighted to see that the U.S. Women's team won their semifinals match and will be playing for the World Cup championship on Sunday night!!
Rob
Monday, June 29, 2015
Colcord, West Virginia
We are here safely! Today was a long day of traveling, but we made it and are still soaring with high spirits.
One of the most interesting things about our trip today was seeing all of the floods as we drove through Ohio. There were flash floods all throughout the area and this caused the majority of the games we passed to be flooded. Many of the fields looked like lakes and some of the roads had even been overtaken by water.
When we arrived at the parsonage in Colcord we unloaded all of our things, got settled, and cooked dinner. We got a visit from Gary Anderson and we took a short walk into the woods...It was still raining off and on, so we also spent a lot of time hanging out on the front porch.
After dinner the many of us played cards and then headed outside to mess around and some of us played soccer until it was too dark to see the ball!
Overall it has been a great day and we are all tired, doing devotionals, and reflecting on our day so far.
One of the most interesting things about our trip today was seeing all of the floods as we drove through Ohio. There were flash floods all throughout the area and this caused the majority of the games we passed to be flooded. Many of the fields looked like lakes and some of the roads had even been overtaken by water.
When we arrived at the parsonage in Colcord we unloaded all of our things, got settled, and cooked dinner. We got a visit from Gary Anderson and we took a short walk into the woods...It was still raining off and on, so we also spent a lot of time hanging out on the front porch.
After dinner the many of us played cards and then headed outside to mess around and some of us played soccer until it was too dark to see the ball!
Overall it has been a great day and we are all tired, doing devotionals, and reflecting on our day so far.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
It's done
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