Friday's update from Lithuania!
Benjamin Eavey
Today is Friday and we almost finished flooring a room before lunch, which
makes it look like we have accomplished something besides sanding. Some
of the others mudded, sanded, and painted the two walls. Oh, yeah, Joe
not only knocked over the fan and broke it, he KO'd it big time. Way to
go, Joe.
After lunch the adults fought over mittens, the ladies won. The Church
women brought craft items down for us to purchase. After the big shopping
spree, we walked over to the Duke's palace. The palace was reconstructed
to look as it did in the 1600s. It is now a museum where you can see the
remains of the moat and they have rebuilt the draw bridge. We waited for
the English speaking tour guide and she made all the difference. Well
worth the wait.
After that, it was back to work. The men and youth set out to finish the
floor with what little wood we had left. We primed the floor in the
Fellowship Room so we can start flooring tomorrow. The "others" finished
the first coat of paint on the wall down at the Center.
Daniel is continuing fasting on this trip. A strict diet of Sprite,
chocolate, and bread. No sauce, please. The boys played football
(soccer) with the locals. Boys against the girls. The other girls tried
to keep the ball away from Holly, but she still managed to do some damage.
Including trying to kill Joseph by tripping him. Her soccer skills from
East Varsity are rusty, to say the least.
See attached file (inside joke... there's no file).
Love,
Daniel, Jeb, and Joseph (Ben, Broderick, Matt, Joe, Holly, Nancy and Betty)
P.S. Warning: This entry was not typed exactly as it was dictated!!!!!
Benjamin Eavey
Today has been a very busy day. We started the day as usual with working
at the church. The boys, Holly, & Matt started the linolium floor in the
fellowship hall. It was a challenging start but we left it in good shape
for the North Carolina crew. The boys are turning out to be very handy.
They should be all set for projects at home. Ben, Broderick, Betty and
Nancy finished the walls in the Help Center. Joe had the dubious task of
rust treating the iron beams in the church basement. Joe was also the
only lucky one to get injured when he bumped his head on one of the beams.
He is OK, it was only a flesh wound and was treated by our safty person -
Holly.
We ended our day at noon and did a little last-minute shopping before the
next group arrived. We ate lunch with the North Carolina group and met
some more nice people and had yet another great meal. I think I even saw
Daniel eat some meat. We then took them on a tour of the construction
site and handed off the baton (or sanding sponge in this matter) and let
them know where we left off. After that the groups split up and the
Michigan group headed off to town for the BeeKeeper festival. We then had
some down time before we ate again. The day has been exciting with the
new group coming in and yet sad as we finish our stay. The adventure
continues tomorrow.
Sent with love and devotion from Matt, Ben, Broderick, Joe, Holly, Betty,
Nancy, Jeb, Joeseph, and Daniel.