Buzz Light Year

A ditch, okay, no problem….well, after digging a 75 foot drainage ditch through the rock, shale and clay on Monday (now known as Muddy Monday) we agreed if the drainage ditch was done by end of day Tuesday we were going to Dairy Queen.  The ditch keeps filling up with water, it rains (hard), mud everywhere, one leader slides down a hill, the other leader uses his belt to pull her back up (everyone’s fine) and the ditch is completed on Tuesday.  We were all so excited as we picked and shoveled through the last section of drainage ditch.  We videotaped the water flowing through the ditch, down a hill and into a creek away from the house!!  We just helped a family stay DRIER!!  We jumped for joy and celebrated!

Simba

(Tuesday)

We are the Simba crew, consisting of four new bees.  Alexis, Tomi, Dave and Connor, with the help of 3 veterans, Kira, Andy and John O.  We have the pleasure to work for 3 ladies who are sisters that live in the house they grew up in.  We’re the third crew that has been siding their home and hopefully we’ll  be able to finish it for them.  They are very sweet, kind and generous.  Everyday at noon they make us lunch.  Our first day of work instead of having PBJ sandwiches we were served a wonderful feast, consisting of Corn on the Cob (fresh), tomatoes – yellow and green, beans, corn gravy, corn bread and fresh yellow lemonade.  The second day at lunch we had pasta, coleslaw, fruit, stuffing, RED VELVET CAKE!  and of course fresh yellow lemonade.  We have the pleasure of coming back to the center and bragging about our wonderful meals making everyone jealous, but wait, there’s more. . .  If you think having a home cooked meal everyday is great, we also get the pleasure of playing with a 4 month old puppy name Lusious, who always seems to chew his way out of his leash to come play with us.  We will keep you posted about our fun & tasty lunches J

Jasmine and Great Food

(Tuesday)

We are Jasmine (John A – Trish F – Kim h – Melissa D – Kevin J – Tyler S)  and today was a great day for fellowship, fun and accomplishment.  Our assignment was to remove steps from the back of Shak’s (our Host) trailer and build for him a landing and re-attach steps to the new landing.  Our new posts are cemented in, the new landing is framed – tomorrow decking and stairs go on.  We’ve also finished with ½ of caulking to seal up gutter leaks.  Our host Shakk is young (about the age of John A – 60 something) and just great.  He feeds us with more food than I can explain here and we just love him.  Thank you BBPC for supporting these ASP experiences.

John A

Mosey Monday (?)

First day on the job, the most interesting mosey Monday I’ve ever had on all my three years of ASP. My crew is working on a house with 4 children, a pony, chickens and at least nine dogs. We quickly learned to never leave the doors open on the vans, considering in the first 10 minutes of getting to the site, the chickens were in the vans and in Doug’s tool box.


Then later on in the day, I let the 4 year old, Jacklyn help me prime the wood. By the time we were done, she had painted the pony, and the pony had painted the dog.

Another important lesson we learned was to not feed the pony. Doug fed the pony in the beginning of the day and proceeded to leave. The pony would not leave because it wanted more food. It nibbled on Sue and touched her butt, which she thought was me at first.

Along with the many others things that went on during our day as we were leaving one of our vans took a wrong turn, and Sue and the rest of my group went the wrong way and traveled up the mountain. We eventually found them when Doug and I turned our van around and came back for them. Overall it was a great and exciting day, and I can’t wait to go back tomorrow.

-Sam.

PS. I wrote this and got out of my chore for the day.

Here We Go -- ASP Buchanan County VA Center.

ASP is here.  Meet Friday night 7/16 at 7:00pm in the church parking lot.  Bring your luggage (not your overnight bag, not your tools).  That is anything that you will not need until we arrive at our center.

Your small overnight bag, with your toiletries, sleep clothes, change of clothes for Sunday morning, pillows and sleeping bag bring SATURDAY morning.

Bring your tools on SATURDAY.  Keep your small overnight bag including toiletries, sleeping bag, pillows

BE AT THE CHURCH AT 8:00 am  SATURDAY 11/16.  Don't forget to bring a brown paper bag lunch.

Buchanan County is our ASP Center this year.

Buchanan County Information

ASP News …

· THIS SUNDAY … Church Carnival at 11:00. This is an opportunity to raise funds for ASP. We will be sponsoring a cake walk and a dunk tank. Please plan to donate a cake. Contact Tricia Flynn if you have questions at tricia_flynn@mckinsey.com Also there will be food, games and more. This is an opportunity to get fundraising credit.

ALSO … Joan will be available on Sunday to receive paperwork and stock money. PLEASE turn in any and all stock money you have collected thus far (even if you expect to get more). There will also be a notary there to notarize paperwork for those who have not done so yet.

· July 10th … ASP Car Wash from 9-2 PM. This will also count toward fundraising credit.

· July 11th … ASP Commissioning at the 10 o’clock service. All ASP Participants are expected to be in church on Sunday to be commissioned by the church. This simply means that the group will be invited to come forward and a prayer will be said for our journey. This is a great way for the church to see the group that they are sponsoring!

You should be receiving a letter from Linda Casale soon that will include final trip details and packing suggestions. Our trip is NOT far away! Time to get excited.