The youth are gone, but their last day was interesting. We finished painting Miss Mary's house and it looks great. We may also continue working on it by adding new gutters and such, but I dont know all the details yet. That afternoon we tried to do a water day with the Lake View kids, but ended up with a massive lightning storm and sat in the car hoping it would pass. It didnt. Poor kids. Either way, it was a fun week and I think both the youth and the kids enjoyed it. And then! My family came down and I got to visit with everyone except Steve. Cause he's a jerk and decided the air force was cooler, whatever. Anyway, we got to go to Memphis and chill out for awhile.

Today went pretty well too. Normally the organization down here is run by someone else, but he and his wife are taking a sabbatical for a year. He came down to drop off his truck today though, and he'll be back for the ACC and we got talk a little about ideas for the area. I'm putting together a welcome packet for the volunteer churches coming down in a couple of weeks and got to drop by the welcome center and chamber of commerce to find some brochures and maps. I don't think I've ever been to a chamber of commerce before, it was pretty thrilling. After that I spent the entire afternoon working on the welcome packets and other random things that needed to be done. So many things to do, and so much can't be done until something else gets done. We tried a new place for dinner today and it was pretty exciting. It's just this shack on the side of the road with some items painted on the side and a bench several feet to the side. It was surprisingly delicious, but I still wish I knew their actual menu. Anyway, its been a nice couple of days, but now I'm tired and I'm going to bed.