October 5, 2023 – Painting day!

The rain started last night, and continued for most of the workday.   After walking on a plywood path over the mud to enter the house, we had another inspirational devotional and prayer to start our day. 

It’s painting day!  We were very thankful that the primer was dry and that it was nice and cool inside the house even with the windows closed. 

Joe and I started in the master bedroom.   I worked on the cutting out around the edges, and Joe started rolling.   We were happy to hear that Becky wanted one color for the entire house :-).

As the morning progressed, we were blessed to have 5 more volunteers show up, doubling the size of our small crew!    With 10 people painting, we had the entire first coat applied by 10:30!   We then had to wait for paint to dry before we could apply a second coat.   I guess this is what it means to ‘just standing around waiting for the paint to dry’…lol.

We decided to head back to our motorhomes for about an hour before we met at a local home for an amazing lunch.   After lunch, we were all eager to get the second coat done.   The saying ‘many hands make light work’ was certainly the case.   We were done painting by around 2:00, and were cleaned up by 2:30.   Painting done!

While I was cleaning out the brushes, a FedEx driver pulls up front and asks if this is 605 South Hope Lane (since there is no mailbox outside yet).    Gene takes the package and goes outside to find me … it was a delivery of an amazing bouquet of roses for my anniversary tomorrow.   I am very spoiled by my wonderful husband!

After work, we were treated to another amazing dinner at the local Ambucs.   Today we had amazing grilled pork chops, baked potato, coleslaw, green beans and dessert.  

This is why they call this the ’10 pound build’ (because you gain 10 pounds while you’re here).   What a great way to end a productive day.  God is good.