Chico and SF

1. V and C viewing Sunset Blvd. in LA

2.The beautiful Golden Gate Bridge - awesome

3. V and Mary from Canada painted 144 bunks at Jumal. I lifted the wet bunks and put them back, hence my clothes got a little dirty. I threw them away after that job.

4 & 5. R and B decided to let their hair grow...and relax between jobs.

We really are having a great time.

Trouble uploading pictures

These are the bleachers that B worked on with several other fellows. The railing will be put on by the March SOWERS.

V tried to post pictures using WiFi but would lose satellite connection. As you can see I was able to get three posted but tried several others. I would lose server connection each time. Sob sob!!

Must head down into the valley so I can get up for church tomorrow morning. nlsower

Pictures from Feb Jamul CA

C painting a sign R's first fire ring in middle of platform by gold mine.

Finally parked again

Hi everybody. We are now at Chico, CA at the YWAM training center. Of course we are down in a valley with no cell reception and very poor TV. This looks like a very fun project--lots of projects from sewing, laundry, kitchen, carpentry, electrical, plumbing etc. We will find out more Monday morning--our first day of work.

Today is beautiful. I am parked about a quarter mile from camp on a small ridge--cell phone works.

This project has food service, we can eat at least two meals a day in the dining hall--C and V think that sure saves on the cooking duties--but gets to be a lot of food. We may have to walk the hills every day to keep up with our eating.

B has a chest and head cold; somewhat better but pray for me. Also pray C doesn't get a cold, and pray for R's sore heel, and pray for V's aching knees. Maybe if we didn't run all over SF and LA we would be healthy. It was fun.

Will send pictures on next post. If cell battery hold out it will be soon. God's peace, nlsower

Two weeks down and one to go!

Here are some pictures. Will send more later. We are enjoying the weather. It is about 75 today. Sorry; not really.

This is the camp where we are working.

Baby Panda born a year ago at the San Diego Zoo.

Hippos at the Wild Life Animal Park.

C is painting signs--Lettering.

If we don't stop going out to eat, we may look like this silver back.

This is R's deck and fire ring project at the mine.

This is B's project. Setting utility poles before they could build the bleachers.

This has taken V and B all morning to get these seven pictures on the bolg. Hope we have learned something so it doesn't take too long next time. R and C are sitting here giving us a bad time. Pray for us. nlsowers

Half done with February Project

Hi, still don't have my computer connected to the wireless network so no pictures yet. Sorry.

B and C's son and family (P, T, B and S) were here for a few days. Lots of fun. Went to the zoo etc. We all fit in the camper for sleeping. The kids did very well.

We have rain showers today. They didn't disrupt our work much. Should be dry for the next three days.

B's project is going slowly. C's still painting signs--having fun. R's project keeps expanding so he is still working on the gold mine--making a deck and stone fire ring. V is still paint beds--some are really heavy so she has a sore back.

The whole sower group is going out for Valentine's Day--going to The Outback.

More later, nlsower

Sorry about the gap in blogging

Hi everyone. We are at Indian Hills Camp outside of Jamul CA. The delay in blogging is the result of several factors. One--we are in a valley. No cell phone, no TV just great weather and fellowship. If we go up the mountain about 2 miles, we can get cell phone reception. I tried to get my computer to work on the camps wireless but after several tries, no luck. I am using V's computer right now. The setting--I am on the board porch looking out over some of the camp and listening to the frogs, chickens and coyotes. It's about 5:30 and the temperature is about 50.

We are working on several projects. Two ladies are sewing costumes for the summer western program. V and another lady are painting bunk beds. C and three other ladies are painting signs for the carnival area. Two men are building cabinets for the office. R and another man are working on the gold mine water trough. B and three other men are working on the bleachers for the western show arena. (Removing old ones and building new ones. Seating capacity of about 300).

Great group to work with. We are eight couples: One from Canada, one from CA, one from MD, one from TX, one from IA, one from WA and of course two from MN. Some have family in this area so they do get to visit family on the weekends.

We went to David Jeremiah's church on Sunday. He was gone but had a great sermon.

Continue to pray for us. B's knee is doing much better--swelling has gone down. Pray for R's heel--pain when he walks. V and C are doing great. C is still on MN time so sleep schedule is OFF. Pray for safety and good health. Bennie got a hair (fur) cut yesterday. He pranced around like a puppy--must of felt cool.

Since this is V's computer, I don't have any pictures with this message. Will post another blog soon with pictures.

Thanks for the comments. nlsower