It has been a very busy time for us. Sunday into Monday we went to help a missionary with a construction project. Brother Blanchard and his family, missionaries to Australia and long-time friends of ours, are on furlough , and are fixing up a house for them to live in. Our church which supports them, graciously provided some funds and sent us out to help them for a bit. We were unsure as to how much we could get done in a day, but they said that we got a lot done. I think we painted two rooms, two coats each, and painted ourselves, too! Painting is much more fun with someone else – not nearly as fun by yourself, and I think that’s why it was a blessing to them.
The guys are coming back for their spring break tomorrow. They will be with us for a week, and then will head back to college. I’m really looking forward to it. We’ve been working like madmen to get some schoolwork done, not taking any breaks since January, in order to have off while they are here. My plan is to take some time off, really off, and even take a break from blogging for a week. Then, once we settle back into our nice routine after they leave, I should have lots of stuff to write about!
While they are here, we are planning on working on our bus, preparing it for the summer trip. Then we also have some things to do here around the house, like fixing the skid steer tire, making a pen for Sharon’s ducks, and some other things.
We’ve been having military families over for dinner after church almost every Sunday. That’s real blessing to all, and lots of fun.
Our neighbor, a military wife whose husband is in Iraq, came over yesterday needing help loading her 80 pound sick dog into her car to take to the vet. Unfortunately, before the vet could see it, he died, and so yesterday was spent lugging a heavy animal, digging a grave, and covering it with dirt. Today we took some rocks over to cover it some more, and she will be planting some flowers over it as well. Needless to say, I am very sore today! I am praying that the Lord will use this to continue to work to soften her heart toward the Lord.
