In our preoccupation with the families living in FEMA trailers, we forgot about the stresses of our hosts here at Parkway. These folks have been handling one work group after another for two years. We are quite a handful--loud, boisterous, messy, practically inviting cockroaches into our bedrooms with all our cookie crumbs, chips, etc. And we were unaware that the volunteer coordinator (Allie) we initially worked with to set this up had to leave a couple of weeks ago when the grant paying her salary ran out. Now we have a very busy church member picking up the job for free. And the woman who cleans all 24,000 square feet of church property had already retired when the storm hit. They brought her back "just to help out for awhile" and she's been working full-time ever since. The poor woman is passing kidney stones and trying to keep up with our messes. The other night our kids were dancing in the rain--right outside the window where Parkway Session was meeting! Anyway, we got our act together and assigned a work crew to polish up the church this morning. The members were/are quite appreciative now. Tonight they are grilling dinner for us--and there are some lovely cakes in the kitchen!
Marge
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