A beautiful day in the country Oct 10

We have been having cooler weather for several days now. The nights are chilly that everyone grabs a sweat shirt so is great sleeping weather. We haven't used the air conditioners since Sat. But the days are pleasant so one doesn't get so sweaty. We are to have rain or possible thunderstorms for the rest of the week starting tonite.

I have 37 people in the village this week and I have forgotten how much food it requires. We ran short of a couple things as I haven't been watching the inventory as closely as I should. There is plenty to eat, however. My biggest challenge is having 35 bananas every morning. Those I have to buy locally and we don't have a big grocery store closeby. Walmart is 11 miles to the east or 11 to the west of where we are. People are enjoying the new kitchen.

We added a parking lot to the village over the weekend. We lost the space outside the fence where people used to park their vehicles so we had to put them in the village and there wasn't room for 10 vehicles and allow people to get in or out. Mr Martin said we could expand so we added about 45 ft along the back side next to the dining area. There was a gate there already which helped. A group put in the fence posts, did braced corners and put up wire fence. Looks nice and allows about 10 vehicles to park there. We had to fence it to keep the horses and cattle away from the cars.


We have 7 groups working on homes this week. One is doing a roof while most of the rest are doing drywall in its various stages from putting up to priming. One group of 25 is from Washington Presbytery in PA representing 7 or 8 churches so many of these people did not know each other before. But living in close quarters and working together creates bonds and friendships that can last a lifetime.

May you have a pleasant day - one the Lord has given us to enjoy to its fullest.

Phyllis