NOLA10- the 2nd and 3rd days

It was all going fine until Cindy called.  

Just kidding.  I started the other updates with a phone call, and thought it would be cool to start this one like that, too.  But really, everything has been going fairly smoothly the past couple days.  Mostly.  Cindy didn't really call.  I just thought it would be funny.  And now you just spent five seconds reading that and you'll never get that back.  Sorry.  

The highlights:  

Jon's site has finished the paint project.  After a day with some frustration, Jon recruited Bob to come give some expertise.  They think that with another day like today, they could possibly be done with our part of this project tomorrow (Thursday)  

Leanne's site-  This team says they are one of the most cohesive teams in the history of BTT.  They might be right.  They have accomplished a herculean amount of drywall mudding and taping and sanding.  They have also installed drywall in spaces that others before them left blank.  

Howard's site-  Tuesday went ok.  Wednesday went better.  Sometimes it takes a little adversity to get you moving.  Howard got some people to one job and others to work with him on something different.  This team is making a mobile home "structurally sound."  Replacing floor joists and the the floor and the perimeter and the outside wall supports.  It's a mobile home we are rehabbing.  This is the team that is not going to finish everything they were tasked with this week.  

On Tuesday night, a group of people went to the Cafe DuMond in the French Quarter.  It was a nice time to hang out, people watch, and drink coffee.  Oh, I guess some people had beignets, too.  

Then tonight, Deb F. and Jon took us out to DairyQueen after supper.  Fun.  

This team is cohesive.  Fun to be around.  Responsible and respectful.  They/we are certainly keeping service a priority.  Thank you for your prayers for us.  

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You can see pictures from our traveling at our Picasa site:  Click here for pictures of NOLA10   I tried to put them in chronological order, but it is hard to do for some reason and this way, you can think of it like a puzzle.   AND- This is a Picasa site-  Google is phasing Picasa out-  Anybody have any great ideas where I should move our photos to?  Flickr is probably the next option?  Thoughts anyone?

Amazingly, we are in the homestretch.  Thursday is the last full work day.  Time to pull out all the stops for getting as much done as we can.  

God is doing good things on this team.  We are glad you are here for the ride.  

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Are you a tool?

Christ has no body on earth but yours,

no hands but yours,

no feet but yours.

Yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion for the world is to look out;

yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good;

and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.  

(St. Teresa of Avila)