Where oh where is Spring?

Hi everyone. B and L made it home safely today--they had some rather poor driving conditions.

Winter is hanging on in TX--high today was 43 which is 24 degrees below normal. Also snowed most of the day--at least it didn't stick on the ground. We survived.

Only two more day to work--guess the next group will have to finish the job.

Thanks everyone for checking our blog. nlsower

second week at YWAM

The past week has been rather routine. Ladies working in the kitchen and the men continuing with their remodeling projects. The weather was cool and windy the beginning of the week. By the end of the week warmed up to the mid 60's.

B and L headed home on Friday noon. They made it to Kansas by Saturday night but had to stay a second night because of a ice storm. Hope they can get on the road on Monday.

The weather is predicted to be below normal and even more snow on Tuesday. The locals say they usually don't see this much snow. It is about 15 degrees below normal--guess it is all that global warming.

I have been feeding the birds--lots of cardinals in this country.

Tonight we attended family night at this YWAM base--it was graduation and sharing of the groups mission outreach. Some were in the US and some around the world. Fun to hear their reports. nlsower

pictures from first week at YWAM

BC and BD are removing the windows like this on three sides of this building. The room will be a new kitchen for the Substation (the restaurant on the base). This is the west wall.

This is the new window on the north wall. It is only temporary for the night--needs the OSB.

This is the new window and OSB on the south wall. The walls will be sided with cement board panels. We were able to complete the siding on the north and south walls by Thursday even if it did rain two days last week. The north wall is under a roof so we could work when it was raining and snowing. We didn't take out the west window yet because once it is out, we will need to move the large kitchen appliances in through the opening. We will need to use the tractor with the loader to move the stove--lots of cast iron.

This is CC's work buddys in the kitchen. They are preparing the noon meal. The base serves about 200 per meal. It depends on how many students are on campus or if they are out on a mission trip.

These pictures are the result of our 6 to 10 inch snow fall last Thursday night. Even if we didn't come to TX to see snow, it was beautiful. Most of it is melted by today (Sunday)

some pictures from our trip between projects

Visiting with Pastor Vern and Bonnie--Also Vern's brother Eldon and Dorothy

BD and LD on the shores of South Padre Island.

The new fence along the TX border.
A load of cane.Unloading the cane.

An empy wagon. Loading cabbage from wagon unto a truck.

Enjoyed the trip even if it was rather cool and damp.

Start work tomorrow

Hi. KBC, I see you are a follower of our blog. RAC, fun to hear goggle notifies you whenever I make a new post.

We went to church today and then out to eat at a small bar-b-que restaurant. We met with the four SOWER couples that will be working at Rockin' C Ranch during February.

I can't get any local channels on the satellite and CBS is not on the air channels so no super bowl game. Oh, I can get it on sports mix which shows eight channels--rather small but I can hear the score--quite an on-side kick to start the second half.

It is still rather cool C just said she just can't get warm. I just turned the thermostat to 75--maybe that will help. Bye nlsower

February 2010 project

Hi, we are at our February project. It is at the YWAM training center in Garden Valley TX which is only 7 miles west of Lindale TX. Our January project was about 10 miles east of Lindale.

On our week off between projects we went to The Valley to get some warm weather but it was also cool there. It is about 550 miles south to McAllen. We didn't take our campers--just one truck--gas mileage changes from 11 mpg to 21 mpg--saved enough to stay in motels and eat out. We saw cane and cabbage harvesting. Also went to South Padre Island and stopped at the Alamo in San Antonio. Rained all day on our last day from San Antonio to Lindale and the next day also when we moved from Rockin' C Ranch to the SOWER office--we have to leave our old project on Thursday and can not arrive on the new project until Friday (SOWER Rules).

We got set up at YWAM before lunch so had lunch in the dining hall--corn dogs and spicy fries--I did survive since they also have fruit and lot of bland food on the salad bar.

This project has several lakes (ponds) and is about 400 acres. It was originally a cat fish farm. The ladies will be working in the kitchen--they serve about 300 per meal. The men will be remodelling in a snack kitchen--sounds like it is at the sheetrock stage--haven't seen to building yet. Our group leaders are from a small town in New York. We are just three couples at this project and B & L can only work the first two weeks--need to get home for her dad's b'day.

We must get hair cuts and wash clothes today--try to wash truck also. Bye nlsower