What a day - April 7

This has been quite a day. There was a major roofing job which lasted 4 days this week. The group from MI started on Mon and as they got into it, they had to do a lot of carpentry to repair it. Trusses had to be replaced, edges of the roof, put in soffits, etc before shingling. A total of 15 people (9 from MI, 6 from KY) worked most of 3 hot days but finished Thur afternoon. They put up 80 bundles of shingles (2700 sq ft)by hand, no pneumatic nailers for the inexperienced. They even did some small extra finishing touches which overwhelmed the lady. She was giving them all several hugs when they left.


Having a seafood dinner has become a weekly tradition at the village as this is shrimp country. Brian, a young man from near Savannah, GA helped 3 northerners (men from MI) prepare a genuine southern dinner. Southern dinners are mostly fried food. The village has a large deep cooker so all things were cooked in peanut oil. We had red snapper, shrimp, hush puppies, sweet potato slices, corn on the cob which was boiled, salads. There was also chicken for the non-seafood eaters. Dinner was late but was well worth it. Brownies and ice cream topped off the meal.

We had some visitors. A group from WY (other demoninations) stopped by on their way home as they drove by our village every day. They left us a few things they hadn't used. Tom, chairman of advisory board of Presbyterian Disaster Response Team came by to meet me, see how things were going, looking for suggestions, etc. Then people who were here months ago stopped to see how the village had changed, what is happening. Blessings to yoy. Phyllis