Friday - Last Work Day

The culmination of many projects ...

On our first day in town, 

the priest in charge spoke to us about some vandalism at the Episcopal cemetery

owned by the local congregation;

some restless, unsettled souls -

'wagani' in Lakota - 

causing trouble.

She asked if anyone in our group could do 'lettering' for some signs,

to mark the spot more 'officially' 

and to remind more earth bound troubled spirits 

that this was a place of peace.

Our other 'newbie' was the perfect person for the job!

She devoted herself to the task tirelessly all week!

God surely knew what He was doing 

by calling her to come with us this year!

You should have heard the cries of delight 

from the adults in the congregation when they saw the signs 

as we came back into town that evening.

Yup, that's right - 

I skipped out of the last day of work;

well, working on HFH sites that is.

I can't honestly tell you what happened on the different work sites today,

but I can show you some pictures

other folks shared with me!

Note the new window and door exterior trim,

plus a new cellar door

and a new storm/screen door.

Sign installation!

I can't speak authentically to what happened on the last day

because I was several hours away -

in Sioux Falls

 watching a dozen or so kids 

enjoy their first ever trip to the zoo!

Yup, some of us get all the hard jobs!

A terrific, but exhausting day -

driving for 4 hours,

seeing the zoo in 4 hours

driving back for another 4 hours  -

but I wouldn't have missed it!

No wonder we put over 4,000 miles on the van

in our one week away!