Clarence, Missouri

      There was a week between the NOMADS Annual Meeting and the next project.  During that time I had a wonderful visit with a high school friend and then with a former deaf student.  It was fun to get to see them and gab on and on.  

     I arrived here at Camp Jo-Ota on Saturday.  This is a UM church camp.  Our team  has only 4 members.  One couple had to cancel.  We are helping to fix up the camp buildings and grounds.  It had been neglected and almost closed.  The new director has built up the camp's usage and it now has a full summer schedule and is regularly used on weekends by various groups in the off-season.  The grounds are beautiful, but the buildings are old and in need of a lot of TLC.  This will continue to be a NOMADS project for a long time.

     Today we tore down a wall to make the sanctuary larger.  In the afternoon we worked outside while the weather was nice.  We cleared an area to create an outdoor sanctuary near a small lake.I used the chain saw.  rrrrrrrrrrr