Our two Ranch workdays ... I am not kidding you ... seemed to be physically harder on the team (including me) than the two days in the community! How can that be??
For these two days, we worked on projects in and around the buildings and grounds that were needing to be done.
Becky and I got the fantastic job of SORTING & ORGANIZING all of the supplies that we brought with us and then inventory-ing the items onto a log and into their appropriate locations. For people like US (ahem), this is a GREATLY delegated responsibility!!!
Here is Becky helping to organize the school supplies that we donated.
This is the clothing closet and all of the donations are sorted by gender and size. We were blessed to bring quite a lot of clothing with us so this took us some time.
Ranch famlies are allotted a certain number of items per child that is in their care. Families will choose a designated day/time and then come to the Clothing Closet and hopefully take care of all the childrens' needs at one time. Sometimes, though, they have to wait until a specific item is donated. Beyond the specific allocation, older children (I believe 10 and up) can make purchases with money that is earned from their daily jobs.
Several ladies also helped me with the task of sorting, organizing and preparing the family care packages that we brought for the community families.
Another task several team members had was related to gardening. A few on the team were eager to do this and really took to the task with great fervor!
They rearranged, transplanted, pruned ... way to go, Leah, Peter and Margaret!!
Others on the team worked on cleaning the gutters on several of the houses ...
... making various repairs ...
... oh, and painting inside of houses and offices ...
My husband is an excellent painter!!
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For part of our work day, Brynn got the lovely joy of following this little darling around ...
... she is the daughter of Ashley and Sheila, the Serve Team Directors / Hosts. Brynn thought it was just "the best" to be able to hang out with someone smaller than her!
These two little guys decided they needed to HELP Jen with the gardening because they were certain of how it should be done!!
The gardening was HARD WORK ... let me tell you!
Those Honduran weeds are quite stubborn!
This gardening project was done for one of the Ranch families. The woman who lives here takes great pride and joy in her gardens but she was recently ill and had a surgery so she was unable to do it herself. We were happy to help!!
...despite how we felt the next day!!
After all, that's what Extra Strength Tylenol is for!!
This is Abby and she lives in this house as well. She brought out her bunny rabbit, Maximus, which immediately caught Brynn's attention!
And, of course, Molly asked if we could get a bunny rabbit!
Sometimes, it is appropriate to thank the LORD for allergies! :=)
The girls enjoyed their bunny moments and made a new friend in Abby. She wasn't in school that day because she wasn't feeling well. Abby, we hope that you have recovered and are feeling good again - thank-you for sharing some Maximus moments with us!!
God bless you from Wisconsin!
If you're keeping up with us, we're glad ... we hope that you are finding these posts enjoyable and we hope that you are able to see the joy in our service unto the LORD. Many of you are a part of that ... and we thank you!!!
... Ranch work projects to be continued ...
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