Greetings from The Pines! We all got some much needed rest last night and we got up this morning ready to get to work! (Although we're not sure that it should really be called work.) After a breakfast and devotional time we got down to it. Chris, Steve, Brian, and some of the older boys have spent all day tearing down one wall and rebuilding another in what used to be a laundry/bathroom. Now it's officially two rooms - a laundry room and a boys bathroom. Julie and Bart fixed a bunch of carpet squares in the flats and in the activity room that had come loose. Troy dug a trench outside around what is soon to be a "sprinkler waterpark" of sorts with some fountains for the kids to play in. And right now Louis and Troy and some of the boys are working on putting in the poles that will anchor a fence for the "sprinkler waterpark". Troy is on a roll with the fence building today and he's got a great start on another fence to keep the toddler's in their play area outside. Robyn and Wynde and Jamey have spent most all of the day playing with the kids. We've been practicing their names all day and I'm sure we're starting to drive them crazy making them repeat them for us over and over. We're pretty close to having all 21 names down and that's probably our biggest accomplishment since we've been here so far:) Soon we'll be sitting down for dinner. Wynde, Robyn, and Jamey have been appointed team chefs for the week and right now we're whipping up some meatloaf, baked potatoes, and mixed veggies.
That's our day at The Pines. We miss everyone at home, but we're all safe and sound and thrilled to be at God's beck and call to do what we can here.
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