Amen to all of that! Betsy At 01:33 PM 6/30/2009, you wrote:
>Bob! You do amaze me! I think that you are totally blind, or near enough >to being so aren't you? >People often say to me that they are *amazed at the things I achieve, and >often, to be frank, when I look at something that I have built years ago, I, >too, am amazed, and wonder how I did it, but when I read of the things you, >and many others on this list do, I am completely blown away! > >Jewel > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "chiliblindman" <<mailto:bob05%40ptdprolog.net>[email protected]> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:35 AM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Hungary mission trip > > > I made it back in very good spirit and a little under the weather. > > What I had done on this trip wasn't very hard again mentally, just > > physical. The first 2 days I painted 2 basketball courts, white lines to > > mark everything on the blacktop. > > The next day I did a little painting in the entrance of their main > > conference building and sanctuary. The rest of the week I did spackling > > in the sanctuary of corners that needed rebuilt and nicks and dings in the > > walls. > > The following week I had rope climbing duty, cargo nets and swing duty > > with the kids. It rained the whole week so that didn't amount to much. > > Since day one of the second week was such a loss I did remodeling in a > > house there when it rained. I hard spackled an entire house, kitchen, > > dinning living, entrance and bathroom, all but one room. Only 90 minutes > > till the hard spackle turns as hard as a cinder block. The homes are made > > of 6 inch square hard baked ceramic blocks, covered with cement. All > > electrical gets bonded on that and than everything is hard spackled to > > make the wall entirely flush. My first coat was at a lot of places over > > an inch and a quarter thick. Second coats were thinner and corners were > > done one side at a time. One guy mixed the hard spackle in a 2 and a half > > gallon bucket. Friday, the last day I did third coat where needed, > > finished the corners and door ways. > > I have been invited back again to do an entire house after the outside > > structure and roof are in place. This house like the one I just worked on > > will house long term missionaries. I will also be allowed to live in town > > entirely with the nationals, which I consider great if you really want to > > get to know the people. > > The work was hard on the body. I did manage to gain a little weight. > > They do like deserts over there and the supply and variety was almost > > endless. After supper every night I was invited out for more deserts and > > ice cream. all in all, I ate as hard as I worked. > > All of this was in support of the Christian children's camp held all > > summer. It is also a campus of the Bible College there for the purpose of > > teaching missionaries to make disciples for Jesus Christ Our Lord. It was > > a honor to have just a tiny part in this work. > > ....................bob > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > > <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > Or > > > <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > > List Members At The Following address: > > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > > address for more information: > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>[email protected]! > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > signature database 4201 (20090630) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
