Completed at Sunshine, on the way to Camp Barnabas!

We finished August at Sunshine Bible Academy and headed down the road to the farm for a short stay, then on down the road to Camp Barnabas in Purdy, Missouri.  We did stop along I-29 to see a special couple we had worked with at SBA in July.

 The weather at SBA was, for the most part very mild.  However, during August it was very dry.  We did get a few showers and the mornings after the showers gave us some of these. 

 Most of Billies work was to finish covering the many new test books and she is very good at it as you can tell by her concentration.

One last page and the job is done!

 We found that the EXIT lighting wasn't working.  Since we couldn't find the source we decided to pull a new source from a new power supply to make sure we had it covered.

 One of the last classrooms to receive a projector mount was the chemistry room.  It was a pleasure wiring this installation since the space above the drop ceiling is relatively clean.

 There are times however when getting to all of the junction boxes is a challange.

 One of the staff houses had had a new window installed a while back but the space around the cutout had never been filled.  I took a little time one afternoon to plaster it in to seal out the South Dakota winter.

 Painting (as you may remember is my "favorite" sport) can be a covering experience.  Even with a good respirator it can still get into the nose.

 After priming and painting the basement in the remodeled staff house the process of hanging the drop ceiling began.  The new laser toy was a very good addition as it made the wall angle installation much faster and easier.

 Of course where the angle was installed on the poured outside walls, it was a lot of fun trying to find the anchor points in the foam forms.

Soon I was hanging the T's and making ready for the tile.

 Before we left a doe and a pheasant walked by our house to tell us good-bye.

 On our way down I-29 we stopped at the big city of Little Sioux and had lunch with Gaylon and Ruthie.  They were at SBA in July and it was good to get together with them.

 When we got to the farm it was amazing to see the bluestem  had grown to such heights.

 The grass was luscious looking and still very green.

 Then we moved on to Camp Barnabas and were welcomed by a few of the locals---

 ---who were lounging around our campsite.

 There were also a few hibiscus in bloom around the Fish house and Well House. 

 But when night fell we soon found that there was not a yard light in the campground which left the area very dark indeed.

But, here we are all set up for the next two months and excited to see what God has got for us to do here.