Oh me nerves!
What ever happened to nice quiet relaxing Sundays? Sleep in, quiet time, leisurely breakfast, check the hockey scores and get ready for church. There was just a flurry of activity this morning; kids shouting, phones ringing, Karen’s clinic has re-opened for kids coughing and itching and fevers, there was a snake sighting, water valves open that should have been closed, water valves closed that should have been open, a busted tap and water spewing out onto the patio and this was all before church!!
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| Sunday emergency call out, double time and a half but the plumber doesn’t look pleased. |
Order was “quietly” and quickly restored and everyone headed to church, though some went without showers and some arrived late. Nice crowd, good singing, challenging message and we are re-charged for whatever the week ahead brings us. I sat in my usual spot in the back row with Dieumel and Jofky and we only had a couple of harsh looks from the preacher for not paying attention.
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| The back row boys |
After church the whole congregation, led by Karen, gathered behind the school to check out the progress on the new church construction. Luckner has a new chief mason on the job, as well as a cement mixer and a pack of local workmen. The rocks, re-bar, electrical conduit were all laid and now being covered by the poured cement. The building is about 8 X 16 meters (approximately 25 X 50 ft. for the Texans). They got a lot accomplished this weekend.
The pictures tell the story:
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| The re-bar is all in place |
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| Shovelling the rocks over the re-bar |
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| Running the electrical wires through the conduit. |
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| Project manager Luckner in the red hat. |
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| The cement mixer arrives |
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| Pouring the cement floor. |
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| Kids checking out the action. |
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| The congregation approves the progress. |
Meanwhile on the basketball court Moise gets ready for the summer Olympics.
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| Nothing but net. |
Judel was given a time out and ordered to go outside and think about what he had done. Maybe he was falsely accused because in no time he was sound asleep without a care in the world.
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| Clear conscience. |
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| Sunday sunset. |
~Keith
