The Builders Group has been back in the US for 9 days from their time in Martin and in Budapest. It all seems like a distant memory already. We return to our usual routines… jobs, home, family, friends…. all about the same as when we left on May 4. The 20 of us however have [...]
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16 May 2012, Wednesday It was an early morning awakening with a 6am breakfast and bus boarding at 6:30am. Megan G needed to get to the Budapest Airport by 11am as she was heading back to St. Louis today. The rest of us were headed to downtown Budapest for a couple of days of R&R. [...]
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15 May 2012 Tuesday, It is with GREAT JOY that we come to this final day in Martin. We had one last project to complete… the glass hallway/walkway painting. But wait… there is a a ‘special featue’ on the seven ‘solid panels’ of the glass walkway! With in inspiration… Pastor Connie says that those seven [...]
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15 May 2012, Monday It was a brisk morning, overcast and breezy today, but that didn’t detour us from our projects. Yet another trench was dug by Bill, Jim and Bob for another lightening rod on the Bible School. The upstairs painting crew of John, Connie, & Beth finished their work! GREAT JOB!! The rest [...]
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13 May 2012, Sunday And on the seventh day God rested…. and so did the Builders Group. Gosh, has it been over a week since we arrived? It was Confirmation Day at the Martin Church… and it was packed! Good to see so many people there to support the confirmands. We then spent the afternoon [...]
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12 May 2012 We are a week into this trip… and have done a TON of work in just a little more than 5 work days. Several of us needed a change in our work duties so it was decided to switch it up a bit today. This morning’s primary task was ‘SHOPPING’! Yes, we [...]
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11 May 2012 Friday Well… when you awaken to a beautiful sunrise, birds singing, and fresh mountain air… what more does one need? So… How about finishing a couple of key projects!! Renee S, Joan Z, and Larry T FINSHED painting the spiral staircase!!! Joan Z and Renee S had remnants of ‘Slovak Blue’ even [...]
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10 May 2012, Thursday We again awoke to another glorious morning of fresh mountain air and a little on the cool side, but by the time we were on the work site, it was very pleasant. Today’s highlights are: 1) Plaster Team switched out a new team member… Megan G ‘got plastered’ today… well, not [...]
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Wednesday May 9, 2012 According to the schedule for today we are knocking off early to take the train to Žilina for a bit of shopping, strolling, and relaxing. Met Eva Janotová there (she interned at RLC Summer 2009). Was good to see her again. As for our work efforts today, it was back to [...]
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Tuesday 8 May, 2012 We hit the ground running this morning… at least for 3 of us who started out our day with a jog around Martin. KJ, John McC and Megan G had the energy and the motivation to work on their cardio exercise before starting their work day. The MartInn is doing a [...]
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