Sunday, March 16, 2008

United Baptist Church, Charlottesville, VA

Performance at John Calvin Presbyterian Church



Choir Warm Up



An appropriate picture




Team Leader and Choir Director Alba Beasley had a great group of 33 people. This group's work ethic was amazing and they could and did breakout into spontaneous singing anywhere anytime.

On Monday evening I had the pleasure of witnessing this Angelic Choir perform at John Calvin Church in Metairie under the leadership of Alba Beasley. The performance was wonderful and to watch Barbara play the organ was captivating.

The work week had many stories and many new experiences with sheeting, mudding and other new firsts. The enthusiasm permiated the whole week. It was ad to see them leave but, they were on to other performances on their way back to Charlottesville.

Thank You all for your service here in New Orleans and Olive Tree.

Pittsburg Theological Seminary 24-29 Feb 08





The Seminarians had fun. Again, some challenges but accomplished some really good work through the week. As you can see from the pictures,hard to pin down all at once and did they have fun. Those ladies had some real down and out laughiing bouts.

Their leader was like a magnet while standing in the parking lot the first day he met a lady who proceeded to cook us supper Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Good ole S Louisiana cooking and on Thursday joined us along with two of the cutest little girls you could meet.

A good week for all and hopefully we'll see them back again.

Vassar PC, Vassar, MI Alex Campbell's OT #2



Alex's 1st team was the second for OT and there were 3. Well, this time around there were 7. Great to have them back and this time with some diverse expertise( the ladies), although Alex still does the cooking. They did some very nice finishing work this time around.

Hopefully we'll see you again.

Dale Wyngarden, 1st PC, Holland, MI




In some areas a lack of experience caused some hiccups but, they had a good week. Some arrived early and wanted to work right away so, painting some rooms was a good exercise which benefitted OT, thanks.

Eric Miller, Charlotte, NC




Eric was here in Oct 07 and returned again, this time with a different team with the exception of Bill. Bill as in Oct joined Eric from Fl for the week. It was great to have Eric back.
He and his guys did some very good work but he did have one unusual team member who ate his crawfish with a fork. Now, that guy needs some serious "how to" training.

The next time, maybe he'll bring the family because it would be good to see them again.

IMANI Ambassador Tours, Chicago, IL 28 Feb-02 Mar 08



These three young ladies arrive late on Thursday and were gone early Sunday morning. However, they did some great work Friday on a house and worked around the Village on Saturday, painting and building a 4'x8' noticeboard.