Colossians 3:14 “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
“End’s in Sight”-ings were reported by most crews with a number figuring they’d finish up their assigned work by Thursday. Today was rainy and overcast. Interior painting went on, exterioir painting suffered the streaking of intermittent showers. 
God Sighting: Our resident, Christine’s granddaughters joined us and painted the house skirts along side of us.
It was, however, a planned ½ day. 
Our afternoon was spent at nearby Tybee Island national Seashore with a requisite jaunt in the 76 degree Atlantic Ocean waters. Some took a walk on the ocean front boardwalk , witnessing local fishermen land a three foot, black tip shark while C.J. Rowe sported a boogie board purchased dock-side. Along with C.J., most everyone else braved the tepid waters solo. The sun only briefly said hello and the beach was cut short by more rain.
We took in pizza for dinner at My Cousin Vinnie’s (no relation) whose most excellent T-shirts boasted the “most wearers” (besides camp shirts) on the trip.
Come, Mister journey man, journey to Savannah
Daylight come and we wan' fix homes
Come, Mister handy man, handy me a hamma
Daylight come and we wan' fix homes
Day, we say day-o
Da Spirit come … we fix mo’ thana homes
Day, we say day, we say day, we say day...
We say day, we say day-ay-ay-o
Da Spirit come … we fix mo’ thana homes
In the daily devotion that accompanies on on-line version of A Purpose Driven Life, a story appeared this year in which it was suggested that Jesus implored his disciples to not seek to impress others, but rather SURPRISE them, by their actions.
“They will know us by what we do … and they will know we are Christians by our love!”
Mike Naumann shared a story that had him choked up to where his voice cracked in telling it. A young woman on his crew said to him,
The gift comes without the asking! Surprise!
Surprise seemed to be the theme of today’s God Sightings:
God Sighting I: A crew that encountered a severely roach-infested house (at week’s end a count of roach slaying in the high hundreds was verified by most) thought it wouldn’t be out of order to call several local exterminators and ask for an estimate for exterminating their resident’s home. They had offered to pay for it themselves! Upon calling only two exterminators, the young woman was asked to hold while the woman attending the phones called over the owner of the business. He said “It was covered” and they offered to exterminate the house for no charge!
God Sighting II: Mike Naumann decided to take his crew for a pizza lunch as a token of support for hard work, well done. When he went to pay, the waitress told him that “it had been covered” by a couple, Dale and C.W., whom they were apparently only too happy to point out. Mike approached and thanked them both. He then asked why they would do such a thing. Their reply … that they’d seen the story in the local paper and thought the work the crews were doing made such a difference to this community. This was their way of supporting the effort and saying thanks ina way they felt they could.
Pizza @ the ocean front $100
Water and ice on the site $20
Boogie board $18
Saying “It’s covered” Priceless
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