Tuesday's update from Lithuania
Benjamin Eavey
Second Day of Work:
We split up into two work groups today. The first work group (Joe, Holly,
Betty, Nancy, and the boys) stayed at the church while the second group
(Ben, Broderick, and Matt) got to work at the Center. The Church
owns/uses the Center for some of their activities, they store donated
clothes for the Village (one of their mission projects), and that is where
we also eat lunch and dinner. It's in the basement of a building and
tends to be on the damp, musty side.
Betty painted the second coat on the Fellowship Hall that we painted
yesterday while the rest of us had the privilege of sanding Mud Layer No.
Two that we applied yesterday. They don't just mud the seams, they mud
the ENTIRE wall. Very big job. We suggested using primer, but I guess
that''s not their style. Well, as they say, we're not in Kansas anymore.
The office was sanded and prepped for painting on Wednesday. Betty
actually let Daniel paint the ceiling in the office. Way to go, Daniel.
It needs a second coat and I'm sure he'll be assigned that task. Holly is
the foreman and tells us what and where we need to go. She's really good
at her job. After sanding the entire hallway and second floor landing, we
needed to mud the final coat. I forgot to mention that we have to mix the
mud ourselves, all except the final coat -- much easier using the premixed
stuff. All of the mudding is done except for one spot that our foreman,
Holly, wouldn't let us get because Broderick wasn't there to construct the
scaffold and apply the mud. Too dangerous for us wee little folk. That's
his assignment tomorrow, bless his soul.
Team two got to unload the supplies for the new basement walls. That is,
after they cleaned up the flooded basement floor. Someone (probably us)
let the toilet run and it ran all night, all over the floor. What a way
to start the morning. They also went and purchased a fan to help speed
the floor drying process.
Broderick says the walls are extremely hard to drill nails into. I'm not
sure of all of the "technical details" but they're having a hard time
getting the metal supports anchored to the wall so it can hold the
drywall. Tried a bunch of different kinds of nails and are going for the
liquid nails tomorrow. Please pray that this works or that they can
figure out what needs to be done. It's been a very frustrating day. What
they've done looks good.
Joe has been in charge of devotions on our trip and is doing a wonderful
job. Today's devotion was about doing your best in the little things. In
order to have an excellent result, each step has to be done to the best of
our ability. While God is preparing us for the big things, we'll always
have little things to do. Give your best to God!!
I love our time after dinner, we usually sit around and talk about the day
. What a great bunch of people.
Time to end this note because it's time to get Ben to send this note. I
hope he's still awake or you'll be getting this tomorrow morning. Oops,
it's going out tomorrow. Our door is locked and I can't get out to get
him.
We miss you all but are having a WONDERFUL time.
Love from all of Us.
P.S. On a historical note, Holly was the first person to actually take a
shower at Church!! The hot water has been connected.