Pastor Jacob with Dave in the new room completed by the project team The work on our 2nd project at Faith came down to the wire, but the finished product brought smiles all around. The team was small but managed to do an amazing amount of work and had fun doing it – most of the time. Dave also celebrated another birthday at the end of the month, to the benefit of the team and some pretty good chocolate cake.
Garage Transformation
Pastor Jacob had a vision of how his garage could be turned into living space, but it took more than 3 weeks, lots of skills brought together and many hands to effect the transformation. At times, it seemed that the finishing touches would not be done by the project’s end. But you can’t count the team out until the last day. Sure enough, the last nails were going into the final section of baseboard as the paint was being applied to the last of the doors just as the final workday was done. All felt a sense of accomplishment, and Pastor Jacob was more than thrilled with the finished product. There were other smaller repairs done as well, but none more appreciated than repairing the walls torn open 2 years ago in the bathrooms to fix a plumbing leak. That was a big deal too.
Mission Room 3 bath after completion Back at Faith, another Mission Room was finished (2 of 3) and the 3rd and final one needed only carpet and trim to be finished. The exterior of the building that houses the Mission rooms – Peeler – was slowly being renewed by siding repairs, scraping and painting. Looking back to the building that was in such bad shape with a badly leaking room 5 years ago, it has been an impressive change.
Pastor Jacob picked up a paint roller to help finish the new room. Click on the image to see the whole project video. You can get a glimpse of the activity in the project’s video by clicking on Pastor Jacob's picture here to the left.
Off the Clock
As usual, the project activities kept us busy enough that we didn’t have a lot of time for other activities, but we found enough diversions to stay refreshed. We celebrated Dave’s birthday in the middle of the project, which came with – what else? – a chocolate on chocolate cake. With less than a minute’s notice, we managed to scramble outside to watch a SpaceX launch from the church parking lot just after sunset. We had a few shared (mostly takeout) dinners with Pat and Fred and Adam. And we took a night to drive through St. Augustine’s Festival of Lights shortly before their display was to end. And we managed to get in a few Whit’s ice cream treats during our travels around town.
As usual, the project activities kept us busy enough that we didn’t have a lot of time for other activities, but we found enough diversions to stay refreshed. We celebrated Dave’s birthday in the middle of the project, which came with – what else? – a chocolate on chocolate cake. With less than a minute’s notice, we managed to scramble outside to watch a SpaceX launch from the church parking lot just after sunset. We had a few shared (mostly takeout) dinners with Pat and Fred and Adam. And we took a night to drive through St. Augustine’s Festival of Lights shortly before their display was to end. And we managed to get in a few Whit’s ice cream treats during our travels around town.
New mini-fridge installed in our outdoor locker There was one small repair that we attended to on the RV. Shortly after returning from our Christmas travels, we discovered that our outdoor mini-fridge was no longer working. We pulled it out to determine the source of the problem. It turned out to be the fridge, as opposed to the Rv outlet. While this isn’t an essential part of our RV equipment, Cathy had gotten used to it. So, we started researching replacements. The new appliance had to have fairly exacting measurements to fit into the cupboard in the outside locker. Not finding exactly what we wanted, we put the search on hold, until we were grocery shopping in Aldi. Dave happened to see a mini-fridge on sale that seemed to have exactly the measurements needed. We took a chance and surprise! it fit like a glove. We never would have thought of shopping at Aldi before we saw it there.
Parting Shot
This guy was unperturbed by Cathy’s close approach to the bridge railing on which he was resting. At his leisure, he flew away after posing for a few pictures.
This guy was unperturbed by Cathy’s close approach to the bridge railing on which he was resting. At his leisure, he flew away after posing for a few pictures.
