Sorry

don't know why it posted twice you only have to enjoy once we are still hot and some are sunburned. While I am posting the others are at the wall feeding the homeless I stayed behind to care for Toni as the heat got the best of her today. The temp today was 93 but the feels like temp was 105 with 51% humidity nothing can keep cool even our freezers and refrigerators are not working up to par!!! well while everyone is out of the building I am going to take advantage of a cool shower. Till tomorrow

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New Orleans slide show

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New Orleans day 2

Today was a busy day at Car, penters House II My crew first worked in the tool room organizing all the power tools, nuts, bolts, nails, plumbing and electrical supplies. Some of us made a trip to Crescent City to the grocery to get lunch, supper and breakfast supplies, I am getting used to driving in this town and the big van so far I haven't backed into a thing!!! Next I was handed a challenge Judy comes in and says that she wants to see me Ok says I and she leads me to a dark closet full of all kinds of craft supplies and then she says "I hear you want to do a bible school, here is a closet full of stuff you can use anything you want in here" I am like but what program do I use, where is the material? The material is what ever God lays on your heart. Oh boy am I in a pickle now! But as picture number 2 shows 5 ladies stepped up to the plate and said we want to help what can we do? We have some craft ideas in mind memory verses in mind and a theme!! Please pray with us that this will all fall together. Judy said that her goal is to take me outside my box even further and she knows she just did!! The picture on the left is the 3 members on this trip that were on the first New Orleans LA trip we went back to visit Crescent City Baptist church to see all the changes, it now has bunks in every rooms and the air works and all bathrooms work!! What a change!!! The last picture is our group which is becoming our family by the end of the week we will know eachother very well and new friendships will form and old ones will be strengthened.
Good night!!

New Orleans 09 Sunday

The day has finally arrived we are on our way to New Orleans LA. My third trip here and every year I am excited to get down here and see what has been happening and what God has for me this time. We had a relatively uneventful trip down except for having to leave Lisa and Evan at the Edinburgh outlet mall to be picked up by family, Lisa and Kenny our thoughts are with you. This year I get to be a driver with Dennis being my co-pilot. Sharon and I tend to drive at the same time and since we both have lead feet it works great I get to get some of the "desire for speed " out of me!! The picture out the window is of the median in Alabama of the wild flowers these happen to be black eyed susans such a beautiful site along with the magnolia trees and other wild flowers. We arrived at Carpenters House II about 10:15 pm Indiana time but we gained an hour so it is really a little after 9 pm we were on the road for what seemed like days but somewhere between 16 & 17 hours. When we got out of the van at our home for the week we quickly realized that we are not in Indiana, it is HOT here even at night! Luckily the girls have air conditioning sorry guys. Well everyone wants to go to sleep and they just turned the lights out on me so I too will say goodnight. See you tomorrow.

Saying Goodbye

The past
couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of activity at my house. The kids were home from Michigan what a joy to spend time with Taylor, Caleb and Ethan! My daughter and her husband chose for my mother's day gift to clean the garage and have a sale to clear out all the many tools that Glen had collected, they knew that I had not been able to face that task, so they did it for me. You would think that selling a bunch of old tools many that I had not idea what they were would not be such a big thing but it hit me like a ton of bricks. The thing is that they are just tools and the memories that are attached to them are still mine. Several of the tools were sold to someone because they belonged to Glen or his dad Eddie, it wasn't because the guy needed the tool but because it brought back a memory of a time that was spent with one of these men. This makes me think about how I spend my time and what kind of a memory am I leaving for those I come in contact with. Is my life one of good memories or are there things that would be best forgotten? I hope that one day when the girls have to go through my things they will find joy in the memories, hopefully they will forget all the spankings, time out, groundings etc. they got and focus on the positive like family dinners, Christmas morning, vacations, church camp, youth group etc. I challenge you to stop and think about what your life reflects and the memories you are making, I for one am going to keep focusing on making life more positive and fun for myself and those I spend my time with, life is way too short to be a grump!!!!
Well I am off to finish some packing only 2 more days till we leave for New Orleans, LA tune in often as I will try to update you each day as to what my day has been. I have no doubt that each one of us will experience something new and God will again work in our hearts and lives. Can't wait!!!!!!!!