It's Tuesday and the teams are once again out at the worksites. This is Stephanie blogging for Gary. I unfortunately brought a cold with me to Nashville so after taking a team to a site I came back to the church center while all the others are out and about serving.
It's raining and cooler here today. They are calling for one to three inches rain. Because of this some of the planned worksites had to be set aside. With our very flexible and eager group, people were reassigned and out the door without much interruption.
Westminster Presbyterian Church is a lovely facility loacted in western Nashville. It's a very busy church, alive with a school and program staff. Eleven men are sharing one sleeping room and the rafters have shaken with the snoring. Only a divider seperates them from the women's room. There are 20 women so some of them decided it would be best to move to an adjacent overflow room. (rumor has it they were the snorers although I can vouch for the fact that one remained in the room as her sleep time last night was quite lyrical!)
Gary and Lisa Lyon are outstanding mission team coordinators. They are up late every night planning and preparing for the next day's work. They make it look so effortless but we all know better. Gary and Lisa received word last night that their daughter Abby, who has a very young baby, was hospitalized and diagnosed with a kidney stone. We know they would love to be with her. In their absence we ask you keep all in prayer.
Some of the projects on the list this week are: ceramic tiling, laminate flooring, hanging 1200 sq. ft. of drywall, fence installation and painting, organizaion and clean up and painting. As the week progresses various work teams will post stories about their work sites.
A team remained back yesterday and cleaned the kitchen facility here at the center. The church members who act as liaisons were thrilled! They said it has never been so clean and oganized and plan on posting some policies for those using it in the future. Thanks to Lisa, Betty, Flo and Debbie for making us look so good! Maybe they can name it the "Kiski Kitchen".
Tonight, following dinner, a few folks are going to the Grand Old Opry where Josh Turner will be the feature performer. Others will relax at the center where they may finish a 1000 piece puzzle, watch television, chat, read... whatever they want to do in their free time.
Our return plans have been adjusted and we will be leaving Nashville at 9pm Friday night with the expectation of arriving in Clarion between 10 am 11am Saturday.
We thank you for your payers and support. What a joy it is to serve!
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