Jungle YeAH!!!

Hey. Sorry we've gotten behind a little on the blogs an all. What between the storm cutting the Internet off, an "work-week" keeping us crazy busy. Its been pretty tough finding time to get on without having something else that needs to be done asap. I'm here though, and I just wanted to say hey and let you all know kinda whats been going on down here at SOUL 2009. Oh yeah!!! THIS IS EDNA!!! ^^

So.............. work week was AWESOME!!!!
All four projects we set out to do were completed, and they look totally amazing! We had two different roofing projects: the tin roof, and the shingles. Then there was a painting project and a porch project. The roofing took the longest, but everyone had fun. We got really icky and sweaty every day, especially being so close to the sun on the roofing projects, and it was pretty warm. Lyndsey and I helped work on the house with the shingles. It seamed really high up looking down, but Sterling showed us how short a fall it would be from roof-to-porch just by reaching up and touching the edge. We didn't try jumping off though, just left that to one of the kids who always seamed to drop a broom off the edge several times in a day. I'll have to admit that I wasn't that much better what with setting my hammer down and forgetting the word called....

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.... gravity. ^^

It was awesome getting to work up on the roof. I think we had one of the most hard-working, and toughest group a shingle roof ever required. Everyone put in a hundred percent, and it came out looking pretty good. The worry of rain kept us on our toes for the first day or two, but then we started praying to God asking him to hold off the rain until we were done and He did. God's protective hand was on us. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured or hurt throughout the entire time. I could feel God's presence throughout the week: holding back the rain, keeping everyone safe, and also keeping the Mexico and friends disaster teams safe on they're way through Alabama and the MOWA Choctaw Friends Center. Oh yeah. And another thanks that no one up on our roofing project swallowed a nail. ^^ *Bryce.

We had a "wasp-war" with the non-friendly residence at the shingled house. Sadly enough, a group never seamed to die an was always bringing back others. Thomas(2) plural, were the co-directors on the shingle-roof project, and they totally helped us figure out how to do everything. Some of us got to be pretty good at pulling out nails in record time. We tended to leave behind a trail of nails like some roofing graveyard.

So, time has passed. ^^

The groups for JUNGLE VBS arrived Saturday evening. One of the vans was slow. They say it was probably doing 40 all the way down. Sunday, Sterling an Bryce were there to meet the sad fate of "Ol' Betsy". But Bryce and Nate tinkering around with it this afternoon might lead to a working vehicle. They say it only needs a couple of easy parts. The slow van might have a problem similar to "Ol' Betsy", but that would need a little help from all of you. You see, we really need every vehicle we can to pick up and drop off kids. Two are now trying to leave the picture. Any help you can give or send would be incredible right now.

Oh yeah. Everything has to have "JUNGLE" before it. Just to keep us in the spirit of things. Like "Jungle" Someone, or "Jungle" fun, or "Jungle" awesome.^^
Well, its kinda late and I'm going to need all the sleep I can get for tomorrow. Bye!!!!!! Hope you had fun reading.
-Edna (SOUL STAFF 2009)