A new place and new activities

I’ve been at the new place for about three weeks now,  helping to build the camp.  Here is a list of some of what I’ve done: I’ve put a final coat of paint on a wall, hammered up narrow wooden trim on the stairway in “the lodge” (the biggest building which will be at the camp), helped in the making of three foundations for cabins, helped build frames for two of the said cabins, helped put trim up in them, have gone to an orphanage to play with kids, have helped entertain Abbie (Andrew and Jenny’s 8-month-old), have put together 4 bunk beds by myself and helped with two others…and a few other things.   In other words, I’ve been kept busy and I have enjoyed it.

The camp is located in a sleepy little village which is older than the USA (as far as when both were founded), filled with very “Russian” small houses which are mostly made of wood.  Tractors seem more “in place” and cars seem more “out of place” driving up and down the sandy roads…and when I say sandy, I mean sandy, the camp’s soil and, I suppose in the village, too, besides where they have brought top-soil in for flowers, crops, and grass, is sand; even 10 feet deep it is sand.  This, combined with the fact that it is often windy, keeps making feel as if only I would take a few steps, I would be at the beach.  When you’re making cement for foundations this is handy because you don’t have to buy sand (instead there’s huge sandhills on part of the camp’s propriety) but it’s a little hard to walk in, especially if you’re carrying something heavy or pushing/pulling a wheelbarrow through it.

I will try to get some pictures posted soon.  I have to re-size them first to make it easier to upload them and it’s a somewhat tedious process with the program I have.  I hope all are doing well and God bless.

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