J.T. Mrozek- Okay so writing these is fun and all but it is
getting to be a long process for writing these, hahaha. So today I went to
three church services, which was very eye opening. Because we had seven people
talk to the whole congregation today. And wow, were they eye opening. And I
have to give credit to my friend Zach because he was the only one that broke
down in tears before he could finish his speech. I was impressed on how good everyone did on
showing the congregation here the thankfulness we have for them letting us use
their church to stay at. And everything they have done for us. There are such
great people here; the only bad part is their lives have been horrific. But
they realize that God has been here for them and so they make everything out of
what they have. And I want to thank all the people that have been reading the
blogs Mrs. Spangler has been posting for us. And I want to thank the
congregation back at home for everything they have done for us as well. But today
I also went white water rafting and compared to the water skiing and tubing I
did before I came… this was a breeze.
James Spangler-Today was crazy busy brah. First of all I
woke up late, not cool, but I still got breakfast….and seconds. After breakfast
we went to the first service, Cole and Patrick did testimonies and we sang a
hymn. Once the first service was over we sang at the contemporary service and
Margaret and Zach did testimonies, Zach’s got emotional, there was a big group
hug. Then we sang a hymn at the late service and Kara, Seth, and Steven gave
testimonies at that one. White water rafting after that, it was pretty legit,
br00tal basketball, ask a pastor. It was a long day. Broncheasaurus….close
enough.
Seth Whitehouse- Today was a great day. I gave a testimony
and it went well even though I was nervous. Rafting was a blast. It was
probably the best rafting trip yet. The family we helped went with us.
Yesterday I also square danced at the shindig. I also got to see Phil and Ryan
from past years at dinner today. Hope all is good at home, bye.
Nikki Spangler – Today we rafted. The water is up higher than I have ever seen
it, thanks to all the rain we have had this week. That meant it was a much faster ride. It also meant no duckies this year, but I had
a lot of fun in my raft with several of the other ladies and Marc, an adult
from MD. I remembered from last time I attempted
a raft that I should sit in the back so that I can’t look ahead. I am so used to canoes & kayaks that my
instinct is to want to steer the boat in the same way. Last time I was in a
raft I had a hard time waiting for the guide to tell us what to do when I could
see it coming. So I sat in the back this
time. Problem solved! Also, I think the
good company helped. You pay less attention to the river when you are busy
goofing off.
After rafting I had a Lowe’s adventure with Mike from
PA. I am sure that those days Jeanette
& I didn’t get to the work site until 11 or 12 when we were on supply runs,
the guys thought we were out getting coffee.
(OK – I admit that we thought about it – but it never happened!) Well,
now Mike knows better. We sat around in
flooring at Lowe’s for about 45 minutes tonight while the flooring guy looked
for tiles that were supposed to be in stock.
We get a 10% discount at the Lowe’s in Weaverville (where we were)
because we work with the Community Housing Coalition, but it is only good at
that Lowe’s. I explained this to the
flooring man and asked if it was possible to somehow get the tile from another
store and still get our discount. He had
to check with his manager, then call flooring at another store to confirm that
they had the tile in stock, then talk to their manager who agreed to honor our discount. By this time we had half an hour to get
across town to East Asheville Lowe’s to get our tile that we need for tomorrow
morning before the store closed. We did make it and got the tile. Ended up missing dinner (Thanks for feeding
us anyway Anna!) and community life though.
But we are ready to roll in the morning.
Blessings all!
