Camp Horizon project finalized, March
2014
Isaiah 40:31
Done!
We survived and they survived our first project…….Camp Horizon on Lake
Harris in Leesburg, Florida. Working
with Sowers was exactly what we expected but the benefits greatly outweighed
the expectations. We were part of seven
SOWER couples that worked this project in March. Other couples were from North Carolina,
Pennsylvannia, Illinois and Wisconsin. We have met lifelong friends while
laboring daily side by side – all of which we hope to work with again in the
future. One of the couples, the Bowlings, were the ones who first introduced us
to the SOWER ministry.
Our RV remains at Camp Horizon while we
continue to visit with Wayne’s family in the area and we will do odd jobs at
the Camp while we park there. All of
Wayne’s siblings were here last weekend and posed for pics with Mom,
Edith. The sparkle in her eye never
diminishes regardless of her physical state.
We are thankful that we have been able to be close as her health gets
worse. The Hospice nurse says that she
may have about another month on earth.
Warm weather in Florida is late arriving
this summer as is all over the nation this year. That is fine with us since we will be here
till the end of May. We have had highs
in the 60’s and 70’s with lows in the 40’s to the low 60’s. It has been good weather to work in, so we
have been blessed.
Our home church will soon have a home
project for us located at Harvest Camp outside of Polkville, NC. Hopefully the paperwork will become final
soon and we can sign up for the month of June to help the Brackeens. Then we will start making our way west for
the Fall. Unbelievable that at our age
we plan so far ahead!
It is hard to believe that we have been
retired for a month now. We do more
physical labor now than we did in our normal jobs. That should help us keep fit. We definitely are not putting as many miles
on our vehicle. Since we live at the
sight of the project we don’t have to drive anywhere except for groceries or
any sight-seeing we want to do. Thus far, most miles have been to visit with my
mom.
We have met two couples who have done
projects for 19 years. I don’t know if
we will last that long, but this first project did not diminish our goal to
keep going. There still have been a few
challenges such as getting our mail on a consistent basis. Still working out all the logistics. Much of that will disappear once our house
sells.
