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Beginning to assemble the cabinets
for the preschool. |
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Karen and Clythnia staining and
varishing the cabinets. |
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Daryls had the all important
job of keeping the carpenters happy. Ron and Eddy provided us with cabinets,
pulpit, lectern, altar, and bautismo font and lots of laughs. |
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Grace, Storm
Lake and St. John, Clarinda Missionary Volunteers |
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From cold
Iowa to warm Puerto Rico. |
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Eddy working on the Altar. |
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Team work was displayed all the
time especially as the girls tried to put the border up behind the cabinet. |
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They
served with all their hearts. |
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Gladys was put in the red room
to paint. Did we catch her putting pink on the red? |
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Michael (standing on water) giving
devotions. |
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We bought Eddy a new toy to play
with, an air compressor for his nail gun.Ron is helping to figure why
it isn't working. We know the reason don't we! |
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Gene finishing the touch-ups
in the blue room. He did so well on the scaffling, we put him to work
on the church ceiling, stretch Gene stretch! |
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We enjoyed the devotional time especially
when we got ice cream. |
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Jon, did the ceilings in the
hallways, sometimes we even forgot he was up there, he was so quiet. |
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They learned what it takes
to be a Missionary. |
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Karen and Clynthia were experts
at varnishing and staining. We gave them their own room. It was heard
by some that they could stain anything we could build... and it was true. |
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Dave and Jon giving a check to
the congregation and receiving our thanks. |
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We like to
call our volunteers...Kingdom Builders |
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Dave giving a massage to Gladys with the
sander. |
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We began the week with Bible
study and a service. "Hey, I can't read this," why because of
the light? No it's in spanish. We did stay awake during the sermon, though
we didn't understand it. |
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Michael trying out the nail gun,
hey this will make the work go faster. Eddy struck a deal with Michael,
"I'll teach you carpentry you teach me Bible." |
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Back view of the pulpit. |
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Michael trying out the pulpit
that Eddy designed, I liked it so much I began to preach. |
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It is more important
what you don't know than what you ... ask one of the volunteers
how it finishes. |
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One of our devotions took us
on a boat ride... at night. |
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Ron and Dave checking out their
handywork, yep let's nail it! |
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Dave checking out the baptismal
font from inside. Bring on the living water! |
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Devotions on a mountaintop. |
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Twelve signatures, nine volunteers,Two
churches, one vision. Go Iowa! |
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After one full week of service, they still
had a smile on their faces, or is that because they knew they were leaving.
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