The day starts early for the mission team. By 6:15, the team members are up, doing devotions, making their beds (just kidding, Moms!), and Liz and Rhonda are in the kitchen preparing a hearty breakfast. By 8:00 a.m., the van and truck are being loaded with provisions and team members. Most of the young adults […]
Lights on at 6:00 a.m., devotions, breakfast, good hygiene…all part of early morning on the mission trip. On the way to the site, and the team is eager to get started. Across the street, one house has been repaired, the one next to it is not. You see this same scenario street after street. The […]
We left Bethel at 5:00 AM, Saturday morning. Proof we made it into Louisiana! Thirteen hours after we left home, we were in New Orleans at the home the church has set aside for housing mission teams. Sunday morning we attended the worship service at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Redeemer coordinates missions teams who come to […]
These oatmeal cookies are one of my favorites. Not a fancy cookie, but crispy delicious! I’m always glad to see some left over after the open house. I put a few in the freezer to enjoy later. Holiday Icebox Oatmeal Cookies Makes 6-8 dozen 2 c. margarine or butter, softened 2 c. confectioners’ sugar 2 […]
I hope you have had a good New Year’s Day. We spent a quiet day, working on a few projects that need to be done before we leave on a mission trip to New Orleans this month. Happy New Year, one and all! ~~Rhonda
We celebrated DH’s birthday this week. All of 53. I made his favorite…red cake. Five candles on the left, and three on the right, as you look at it from this end of the table. Keeps the blaze down to a manageable level. 😉 Gifts included leather garden gloves, a short shovel for digging in […]
Our church is sending a mission team to New Orleans in January to work on homes hit by Hurricane Katrina. The team will be putting in insulation and sheet rock in one home and gutting another as we have time. I am serving as a cook along with another team member, being a better cook […]