Our mission: To scrape the wall paper off all the walls in one of the classrooms upstairs...err... maybe it was just to dust and vacume... can't remember for sure... either way, the walls are now stripped bare. ;)
Our stellar crew had the job done in no time... pumped-up on motivation from a energetic collection of wall-scraping, paper peeling tunes provided by Garren, and a healthy dose of Apple Jacks, (see box on heater in photo at left). I'm not sure where the AJ's came from, (I believe that this is the only breakfast cereal that the ministry staff at Fresh Life will eat, because it has the word "Apple" on it, but that is just my theory). At any rate, the 'jacks' were fruity and free and the only source of nourishment in the building, so they seemed quite popular to the workers, until we forgot about them being on the radiator and they over heated and burst into flames. - kidding ;)After peeling wall paper for a while, I volunteered to go help put a bookshelf together for Coy, one of the pastors at the church. This - in retrospect - was a stupid move. I underestimated the ambiguity and complexity of the instructions which, although they were printed in English, they were clearly written by a devious little foreigner with an ulterior motive to confuse and exasperate mechanically inept Americans like myself.
Apparently I am not alone in my mechanical ineptitude either, because the part of the bookshelf that had already been started by Coy, had pieces on backwards and upside down ... no offense intended Coy ... I feel your pain.
Luckily my friend Jill came to the rescue and brought some fresh perspective to the project. They say that two minds are better than one and I guess that was the case in this scenario, because together Jill and I were able to get the bookshelf finished up and filled with books. It was still standing as we left the church, so if there is a pile of books and rubble sitting on your floor Wednesday morning Coy... it must have been an overnight intruder or an angry mutant termite with a vengeance.
All things considered it was a fun night, and it felt good to give something back to the church that has given so much to us.
Levi, Coy, Eric, Kevin, Jenny, Sarah, and Alaina we love you guys.
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I was blessed as well that evening and was the provider of the mac cereal. I was aware of the number of bachelors & bachelorettes that might show up to help and carefully selected a food type not very complex and in that life-period comfort zone. I would also like to mention that the whitefish interface is the best interface and those of you that want to enjoy the best interface attend on thursday nights if you want to be rad.
Stupid Wal-martians!!
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