Front Door

The front door of our house

should somehow be a "welcome, come on in" sign

to visitors.

But, our door was showing its nearly 20 year age!

We tried to clean it, to no avail.

So we decided to give a whole new look to it.

This is the result.

And the finished product.

Welcome! Come on in!

Coming......

Okay. There's a problem: we can't locate Dad's camera, on which are pictures of his latest mission trip to Indonesia and India. That was to be this post, and is why it has been awhile since I posted. So stay tuned......  we'll find the camera eventually. Meanwhile, this is the one picture from my camera, taken the day he left with Joe, our Missions Pastor for Overseas (we have another Missions Pastor for stateside). This is at the church with our Develop Pastor (discipleship), the missions assistant, and Joe's son and daughter-in-law. All were gathered for prayer before piling into the van. Joe's son drove them to Dallas to the airport. They did indeed have a great trip. More info later.

Sealing the deck

When we bought our house 3 1/2+ years ago, we were thrilled with the decks out back, providing many square feet for outside entertaining and relaxation.

 However, even at that time, we realized that it needed attention. The wood needed to be cleaned and sealed. But we got busy and other things took precedent. Finally, Johnny tackled the big job.

Getting things ready.

Carefully going over every inch.

Cleaning it first.

Then going over the whole thing again with the sealant.

That's a lot of wood!

Cookie looks over the finished deck.

She thinks Dad/Papa did a great job!

Papa goes to Liberia

If you're in the immediate family, you've been receiving emails about this remarkable mission trip.

Now for a few pictures of that beautiful place and those dear people.

The beach scene Johnny saw everyday.

This is where Dad and the others stayed on the beach. Papa's room is the one on the left.

Papa teaching at the seminar. There were two 5 day seminars,
training 70 pastors.

The pastors and leaders practicing telling the stories.

Papa's partner, Ralph, and his wife Rosene.

Johnny with some of the pastors.

The first seminar proudly show off their certificates.

The market in Monrovia.

"Grandpa" with the main Liberian leader's children.

 



These are some of the faces of Liberia.

And now...... Papa is getting ready for his next trip

just 8 days away!

                                                    Johnny has really enjoyed playing on

The Mobberly Leftovers team,

which Noel coaches. Their record for fun was 1.000 but their won/lost record was only about .500.

However, for the end-of-season tournament they made it to the championship game and lost a nail-biter, 23-10.  Oh well, second place ain't bad.

Repairs

It all started because our hall bathroom commode needed the seal replaced. Not a complicated job. Eric and Dad planned to do it while the Luptaks were visiting.

One thing led to another.

One problem revealed yet another.

Oh my!

Under the tiles, the floor was damaged. Even some of the 2x4 framework was rotted.

A carpenter is called (handyman found in the newspaper).

Nice man.
So let's chip out a bit of tile to investigate the problem.

The black hole you see is the space under the house. Johnny spent a lot of time there, finding out the wood was rotted and we had a bigger problem than the seal on the toilet.

By the time we got to this stage (picture below) we had busted a water pipe, flooded the bathroom, hunted and found the water main to turn off. I guess in the panic I forgot to get a picture.

But now the rotted 2X4s have been replaced and the rotted flooring replaced.

So up comes the old floor tiles. All of it.

Meanwhile, where is the commode?

Johnny and I went shopping for floor tiles and the handyman laid them.

The spacers are in place to await the grout.

The final step for the flooring is almost finished with this grouting step.

NOW the toilet can be put back into place.

 

TA DA!

The finished product.

We are thankful for the job well-done and finally completed!

FARMER'S MARKET

How wonderful to have a Farmer's Market available to us here

(in Longview, Texas).

But because of the lack of rain it only lasted a few months.

Not nearly long enough. But just look at what I was able to buy during their last week:

Zucchini, tomatoes, summer squash, blueberries and Noonday onions!

All homegrown.

And don't forget the -

PITTSBURG (Texas) PEACHES!!