This morning Ashley, Isaac and I went to John and Virginia's house and cut down some bushes and brush in their yard. By 10:30 or so it got hot enough outside that we knocked off work. They had mentioned that they had a toilet that was not working, and I replaced that. We picked up Jody and went to Bill's house/studio, having picked up and delivered ice cream bars to the Habitat house sites along the way. I am told that the tile is coming along well in the 'main' house. Tor continued assembling window frames in another house (and met the owner today).

Cross and Crown people continue to work at church and at various places in town. I will return to John and Virginia's home tomorrow morning with Isaac and with some young people from Camano and Morningstar/Monroe congregations. We will work while there is shade. After that, Jody, Ashley, Isaac and I plan to help Bill move and sort some things. Jody enjoyed a first visit with Bill today. He remembered Ashley from last July, but wasn't sure about Isaac (Isaac has grown just a bit since July '06).

Tomorrow night the 18 of us intend to go to dinner at a restaurant in Gulfport, and I am h0ping that David and Patricia (and maybe their children) can join us. Several of our people were back at David and Patricia's home this evening, installing flooring and delivering a washer and dryer which (though working fine) were replaced today at Bethel. We had worship this evening, with Pastor Scott from Camano Lutheran leading. This day started very early and included a fair amount of heat (I am thinking, too, about everyone back in WA with 95-100+ temperatures- I am hoping that everyone is all right. I want to try to get the name and address of the couple whom Isaac and I helped to move furniture last July- I want to visit their Jezebel, their St. Bernard/German Shepherd mix. Gretchen says that she would like to visit Jezebel also (see last summer's blog for a picture of the dog in question - Pastor Glen