Final Friday

  At approximately 3:00 AM, which is when I usually do my best thinking, I realized I allowed the tenor of  the this log to become too serious.  (I never claimed to be quick).  Make no mistake, the work we are doing is nothing short of life changing, but the moments within the experience itself go from heart wrenching to those filled with nothing but pure fun.  For example, before viewing AJ’s moving, awesome video of our week’s experiences, complete with appropriate music, we discovered that Ashley possesses a giggle that could really use a major shot of WD 40, followed by inspiring testimony by home owner, Michelle.  And speaking of major (pun intended), we’ve spent our week on tour with Elvis, thank you very much!  One evening, Sharon devised a "choose your own utensil” dinner, in which each individual had to eat using only a serving utensil.  We all enjoyed watching Pete slurp his mac and cheese from open-ended tongs.  We’ve discovered that Katie and Dralynn suffer from a severe, but highly treatable, sock-matching disease, and that Mrs. T in a towel is a fast moving object.  Kyle has learned an “interesting” new sound effect, and we’ve all increased our vocabularies- “skeewonkered” ( a Tori-ism) and “sgooch.”  (I forget whose gem that was).  You may want to ask Carmen about his icy, poultry “bed buddy.”  The week was filled with so many “stories” it would be impossible to explain them all, but I know we will all be expounding upon them for weeks.

The joys we’ve experienced have been twofold, the joy of interacting with Hedy and Michelle, and the joy of interacting with one another.  We have so mutually benefited from sharing, with like-minded individuals, our love for and understanding of our Lord and Savior.  Every individual’s personal faith has been greatly enriched through the sharing of everyone else’s ideas and testimony.  I don’t think any one of us truly wants to leave Bayville, because it will mean, in many cases, that we will be leaving behind so many new friends and the fellowship of just being together.  We marvel that God brought us here to live and learn and share His message, and we will always be thankful that he did so.  We pray he will grant us a safe journey home and allow us to continue to do His work.