There’s really only a few ways to describe a rather routine or mundane activity like painting. And after that it starts to sound the same. We were back in the Lake House today for another round of painting. This time it was the cabinets in the kitchen. The painting activities may have been the same as before but there was one thing of note this morning, and that was Deb using power tools. The cabinets had to be cleaned and prepared for painting and that involved the use of an orbital sander. So here she is, orbital sanding...
We had to make use of the women while we could, as tomorrow they will probably be working in the thrift store. Then we will probably be doing the painting. So Reenie cleaned the cabinet doors and Chris also worked on sanding the cabinets.
The guys ended up in the cafeteria building, where a bathroom needed some love. The doors needed to be painted but we discovered that the existing paint could be peeled off the door in large ribbons with just a fingernail. So this project got a bit bigger than originally intended because now the existing layer of paint had to be removed by scraping it off before priming and painting.
We learned during devotions this morning that we were all gathering in the chapel at 1:30 to describe what we do and to give our testimonies to the staff and the residents of the Boys and Girls Home. So the painting was put on hold for an hour or so for this gathering. We were privileged to speak about these projects and about our motivation to serve on these projects to a group of about 20 kids, most of them in their teens. Hopefully some seeds were planted in their lives.
We finally had a chance for a group picture here in front of the chapel.
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