Faye here

Faye here 
          Did Bobbie Lynn think to tell you when she was here writting blogs that it is hot here - well in case she forgot to --- it is.  But we have all started to figure out how to keep on keeping on any way. Dee left for hom today and she (and most of us - especially me and her DeDa) cried. She said that it has been a life changing experience and I know that we all agree with her. 

          Just a few of the things that have made an impression on me:

The joy that you see in the faces of the children

The sound of their singing as they do their chores early in the morning - (washing, spreading wash out on the grass to dry and cleaning up the grounds are some of them)

The fact that the children start their day every day with personal alone time for 15 minutes each day

The concern and care they show for us - trying to be helpful (ie any time they see you carrying something they take it away from you and carry it for you.)

How excited they get every time they see you and how many of them bring things that they have written or drawn during the day to give us.

The list goes on and on and when we get home everyone on the team will be glad to share with you their stories and the experiences that we share at night before we go to bed.

This morning Tommy let his bird BoBo out of the cage to fly around for awhile. We thought that he had gotten loose so some kept trying to catch him. Tommy told us later that BoBo flies around and then comes home early in the evening, but we had scared him so he just went back and got in his cage instead of enjoying his free time. (I think that David Tiller was the one with the glove that kept trying to get BoBo to stay on his hand long enough to get him to Tommy's house - once again an elder spoils the fun)

Today we declared it clean-up day and you will be pleased to know that Pete and Bill Langley were kind enough to sweep and scrub the floor. Of course Pete couldn't keep from making a "joke" sign that told everyone to take off their shoes before entering and a PS that said to not put water bottles on the wooden table. The joke worked but not on others but on Pete because everyone took it seriously and you have never seen so many shoes between you and the door when you come home.

Roger Weimers, Randolph and Kennedy came by and spent several hours with us and we really enjoyed visiting with them and finding out about the work that they will be doing for the next three weeks.
Please keep them and the whole team in your prayers. We are all doing good and know that you have us in your hearts and prayers.

Keep reading the blogs - there is no way to cover it all and we are all trying to just put in a bit when we have power at the end of the day. By the way don't forget to keep praying for rain - we have only had one fairly good one and a light one another day.

In Him,
Faye

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