Week of work

Easter Sunday the church was full. Now the church was and at this point still is in a quonset hut. Pastor Don's message was moving. I remember thinking "it is good to be in my fathers house listening to my brother". In a place I had been trying to get to since August 29th. Funny how our Lords timing is not our own. Good thing He is in charge of all things and allows them to happen in his way. Though we expected it the next week would be very busy. It was great to finally put faces to the names, and touch the ones we had come to love from a long ways away.
Now the problem with writing this 2 years later is the loss of fine detail, like names. Pastor Don passed us over to a young lady who was in charge of the warehouse at the school, who as I remember was down from Virginia with her daughter and had decided to stay. Our question was where can we help you the most. Her answer: can you cook? We have teams coming in this week and no one to cook. And after last week we really need someone who knows how to cook.
Funny how the Lord will use you. Talents that you may take for granted, ones you may not think much of for the use in His work. My response: funny you should ask. Momma being 2nd generation Polish made durn sure her boys could cook, and I just happened to bring along 2 Missouri farm girls from who's tables I've never pushed away hungry, and saving the best for last there's Brandy. Who took what her mom & I taught her and took it up several notches. So we walk over to the kitchen, get a brief walk thru, get reminded the water is still not usable and will see you in the morning for breakfast. OK. Note to self. When in the Lords service be prepared to hit the ground running. Good thing I was a Boy Scout and a Paratrooper. Notice how most everything is canned? Its the weather here, the exact oppisite of Tucson. Lets try to get as much fresh into them as we can. And lets have some fun doing it! Off to Wally world. Now when you picture Wal-Mart in your mind you may think of fully stocked, shelved, most everything you need. Well Wavelands had just re-opened. Most everything was on pallets on the floor and of course it was less than fully stocked. So the week went as it started up at 4 am, drive in from Slidell, get the coffee started, work all day putting out some chow for some very hungry hard working brothers and sisters, get our daily reward of smiling faces, happy sounds coming from folks enjoying a good meal, wash up the dishes, shut down the kitchen. Drag our tired selves back to Slidell, hot shower, bed. Man that week flew by so fast. Just wish we could have stayed longer. Nothing fills you like a job well done. One done in love. One done for the Lord. Next post: Crawfish? Now Pastor Don the song says "Where I come from its corn bread and chicken" Ain't nobody ever sang bout no crawdaddies that I ever heard of. HA, be prepared for what the Lord lays before you!!! In fact it may be better if you can get rid of any and all preconcieved ideas from the get-go. Might make the road less bumpy. Might.