Another week gone Oct 7

This has been a busy week with other things besides the volunteers in the village. On Wed 3 of us went to Houma, LA to help the YAV's get their village ready for volunteers. People hadn't been there for a while so everything gets very dirty, etc during those times. We helped clean all the showers, wash the shower curtains, clean the pods to get rid of the slime that collects where water had been, got the freezer out of the box and set up and plugged in, records, etc put into their computers. The 2 girls there needed moral support as much as anything. It was a very hot, sweaty day but worth the work. It is a long trip (2 1/2 hours) from here so is a long day.

Thur we had a managers' meeting at Pearlington. They had just finished getting a wood floor in the dining tent which is so nice. Every dining area will have a wood floor in time. But it was neat to finally have all the staff and managers together as we shared our joys and challenges in the villages, got updates of what is happening, etc. That's a half day away from the village.

The kitchen was totally finished on Fri with trim around doors and window, insulation put in the ceiling. Everyone is impressed with it and it looks very nice.


Thur pm a small group from Orlando area arrived for the weekend. Then on Sat afternoon 22 from Washington Presbytery in PA arrived for a week. Several of them had been here in Feb so there were many changes in that length of time. Sun night there will be a group of 12 arriving so a good size village for this week. The weather has cooled off some that the nights are in the upper 50's so nice sleeping. The last 2 days had low humidity so the days were pleasant and only upper 70's for highs. I can handle this weather.

Take care all of you.
Phyllis