Living and Working in Nashville

We continue working at our house in Madison where there is still much to be done.  This morning we met and spoke again with the owner, Marilee.  We wanted to inform her that First Presbyterian Wilmington would like to give her a gift of a pair of closet doors for her bedroom.  She was very surprised and rather overwhelmed that we would do this for her.  But she was very pleased and grateful for the gift.
Bruce worked this morning at another location with one of the crews from the Spotsylvania Presbyterian church.  There was insulation to be installed into a very confined attic space.  Bruce volunteered and it turned out to be a difficult task with only 2' - 3' of overhead space to work in.  Progress at Marilee's house was good today with more dry wall and mudding completed.  It was a hard day of work and all of the crew from the three churches are getting weary.  The Virginia crew prepared supper this evening.  The Delaware group went out to enjoy a local restaurant.
Our mystery guest was with us again today.  His name is Darrell Holt and he is a member of Westminster Presbyterian church where we are staying.  He simply volunteered within his own church to work with any visiting church members who were here this week.  He so enjoyed the first two days that he continued for two more.  We have enjoyed meeting him and getting to know him better.  Our devotionals have been done jointly with the "other" Wilmington church.  It has been enjoyable to get to know them.
In this message, we thought it would be good to give a glimpse of our living quarters and routine.  Karen and Hannah spent a couple of hours Wednesday morning cleaning toilets, kitchen, bedrooms and lounges while the rest of the folks went out to the job sites.  They decided that the "No Boot Zone" regulation had to be enforced and so some new signs greeted the returning workers at the door.  We must remove our boots at the door, store them in the hallway and not track dry wall dust and other debris into the sleeping quarters.  It worked.  You see the photo with the results.  Our sleeping quarters are tight and at night are a virtual Sonata of Snoring.  The sleeping quarters, which you can see in the photo, begin to come alive at 5:30 AM as people begin getting ready for another day of work.
Last night we were guests at Westminster's Wednesday night church wide dinner.  It reminded us so much of WNL when the children here lead the singing of the blessing.

We continue to enjoy a sense of fulfillment in knowing that we are helping others in a time of their need and perhaps standing as a witness to the grace and love that God has for all of his people.