It has been an interesting day....the girls (Chloe, Shelley & Rachel) were first down for petit dejeuner (continental of course) followed by the Brooks, Melinards and then the boys. The general impression was that this was the natural order of things & would probably be repeated...& so it proved as we all turned up at the cars to head off for the day in the same order.
We made it to the Church building soon after 10am this morning to find out what we would be doing. Task number one was to put the mobile scaffold tower together - easier said than done but it got "Team Ebe" into the mood for work.
One of the main task that we are doing is putting textured paper up in the foyer & the main meeting hall. We got a good system going for cutting the sheets into the required lengths & once Jean-Marc (one of the Church members who was organising us) had done a demonstration two teams of three got to work pasting & papering the foyer. The rest of us were on painting & sanding down duties in the main room. I think some people got more paint on themselves than the walls despite the protective wear used....
By lunch we had half the walls in the foyer papered & the areas of wall in the hall that had needed a the base coat of paint done. Lunch was an opportunity to sit together and talk with Micheal & Catherine (Brooks), Jean-Marc & Richard Morris (another of the France Mission missionaries). Also this was the first pain au chocolat eating opportunity...very important.
After lunch, it was straight back into the papering & painting. The painting was now on ceilings & then small side rooms & the papering meant finishing the walls in the foyer & starting on the ceiling....interesting....We now know that we have some very gifted wallpaperers amongst us...you'll have to ask who if you ever need a hand.
It must be admitted that the day couldn't pass with out at least one paste fight breaking out but I doubt it will be repeated...it resulted in very stiff hair & clothing which really wasn't very pleasant - ah well you live & learn.
We feel fairly happy with the amount of work we managed to get done in one day & recon that the skills acquired will mean faster progress tomorrow. We finished about 5:30 & did a bit of a tidy up as the families who various people are staying with were due at about 6pm. We had a short time of prayer together as a group before heading in different directions.
Please pray:
For all of the group who are staying with families -
- that they will be a blessing to them,
- that language would not be a barrier in getting to know them
For the team -
- that we would have a restful evening & a good nights sleep
- that we wouldn't be aching too much tomorrow
- for enthusiasm to continue tomorrow.
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Looks like you had such a hard day! No fun at all!!
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