Johns Island 2009 Day 6 and 7
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Wow! What an incredible week!
The past two nights have been extremely busy, so I apologize for not posting photos last night. There are plenty attached tonight. The past two nights we took time to recognize every person that worked here at Johns Island. The site leaders spoke about each member and then each member had a chance to reflect on the week. Our kids did a great job explaining their "take-away" for the week. This is the event where everyone receives their t-shirt. Hank added a bonus for the site leaders - a great orange Homeworks Hat.
Saturday night is our thanksgiving meal and it was well attended by homeowners. Beyond repairing houses, our main goal was to spend time with the homeowners - by the look of the room when it was time to say goodbye, our kids and the homeowners really bonded. Then it was a mad rush for the annual ping pong tournament where we were well represented by the 2009 Champion - Preston. Despite cheering by Lynda and Beth, Jack and I had a late rally that came up short. Cliff folded under pressure and ended up getting skunked (or something like that).
Some highlights of the attached pictures include our 6:15 AM march to chapel where Cliff preached on Goats??? I am still confused... There are pictures of wild animals that we encountered this week - well kind of wild animals - Spiders and Dogs. Pictures of our prayer wall - where we prayed for all of you at home as well as homeowners. There are pictures of the best before and after house (Beaumont, Winston, and mine of course). We turned that puky North Carolina/Citadel blue house into a showplace complete with new landscaping.
Thanks for all of your prayers and if you ever have a chance to accompany our youth on a mission trip, you should. It is nice to see how great they really are! It also gives us adults a nice time to reflect on all of the blessings that we all have. We are all looking forward to being home with our families.
God's Peace,
Brandon
The past two nights have been extremely busy, so I apologize for not posting photos last night. There are plenty attached tonight. The past two nights we took time to recognize every person that worked here at Johns Island. The site leaders spoke about each member and then each member had a chance to reflect on the week. Our kids did a great job explaining their "take-away" for the week. This is the event where everyone receives their t-shirt. Hank added a bonus for the site leaders - a great orange Homeworks Hat.
Saturday night is our thanksgiving meal and it was well attended by homeowners. Beyond repairing houses, our main goal was to spend time with the homeowners - by the look of the room when it was time to say goodbye, our kids and the homeowners really bonded. Then it was a mad rush for the annual ping pong tournament where we were well represented by the 2009 Champion - Preston. Despite cheering by Lynda and Beth, Jack and I had a late rally that came up short. Cliff folded under pressure and ended up getting skunked (or something like that).
Some highlights of the attached pictures include our 6:15 AM march to chapel where Cliff preached on Goats??? I am still confused... There are pictures of wild animals that we encountered this week - well kind of wild animals - Spiders and Dogs. Pictures of our prayer wall - where we prayed for all of you at home as well as homeowners. There are pictures of the best before and after house (Beaumont, Winston, and mine of course). We turned that puky North Carolina/Citadel blue house into a showplace complete with new landscaping.
Thanks for all of your prayers and if you ever have a chance to accompany our youth on a mission trip, you should. It is nice to see how great they really are! It also gives us adults a nice time to reflect on all of the blessings that we all have. We are all looking forward to being home with our families.
God's Peace,
Brandon