Sunday, July 25, 2010

West-Side Missions, Family and Family Camp, Kids in Honduras, and Septic Field Problems

The past few weeks have been the busiest of the summer.  Getting ready for Family Camp here at SBC is always a very busy time...and then getting through it is almost equally busy, although, it went fairly well, with only a couple glitches (one of which I will give a few details here soon).  But, at the same time, I was getting ready for Family Camp, Rene' and Zack were involved in a West-side of Michigan Missions experience at our very own Bangor Free Methodist Church.  This trip was primarily for those teens that were not able to be part of the Honduras trip, and it was a huge shot in the arm for the Bangor church, and a great way for our teens to be able to serve.  Rene' and Zack got home just in time for Family Camp to begin and my Mom and Dad, sister Cyndi, nephew Benton, neice Kayce, and her friend Shelby to come up from Greenville and Nashville to be with us for Family Camp!   It was great having all of them join us for an extended stay and made Family Camp even more special!  As soon as Family Camp was over, both Emily and Caleb took off with our JFM Youth Group to Honduras for their missions trip that was cancelled last year due to political unrest in Honduras...but which is currently happening as I write this and is going very well and God is working in hearts and lives in many ways! (I look forward to giving more updates on this when they get back with pics and stories to share).  And then the most recent happening on a more personal level, is our failing septic field here at the North Bath House, which Marv Fisher (an awesome volunteer) has been helping me try to fix.  We have put a couple days into the project, and feel we are making some progress, but still have a way to go yet.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Latest personal mishap

Thanks to an overworked guardian angel and parents that pray for my safety daily, I have been very fortunate to not have many serious mishaps.  But, they do occasionally still happen.   On this occasion, it happened very quickly while installing a new roof vent above the camp kitchen.  I was positioning the vent and all of a sudden the sheet metal cover for the vent sliced my hand like a knife.  I watched my blood actually gush out in a stream that was probably over 2 feet long (like in the movies)...and I knew it was time to get off the roof.   Rene' drove me into Jackson's Med Plus After Hours Clinic.  The slice was only about 1 and a half inches long, but it was deep, and after the Doctor cleaned it and numbed it (and also proceeded to spill an entire bottle of Betadine all over the floor too), I was able to watch my own tendon healthily sliding back and forth with no damage...for which I was extremely grateful...and also very entertained by. (it is not every day you get to watch your own tendon working as it makes your finger move back and forth...really rather amazing)  Nevertheless, the doctor got my hand put back together with 5 staples...and it has not given me any pain at all.   I can indeed praise the Lord, and have much to be thankful for!