So we hear that Colorado is on fire --and we are truly sorry -- but I believe spontaneous combustion was possible today just standing in the sun here in Missouri. Humidity is as thick as the smoke back in Denver.
Arrived last night, Chicken Annies the first stop, to lull these folks into staying. Let me tell you -- last year's folks were more adventurous. Not that many gizzards eaten, much more of an onion ring crowd. Over to Joplin this a.m. Amazing progress! No debris, hundreds of new homes, and hundreds of volunteers--still--waiting when we arrive for orientation. Everyone wants our electricians, and they are palpably excited that we have chainsaws and know how to use them. Half dispatched to Rhonda's house for mudding drywall and rewiring, half to Duenweg to work on fallen trees. Hot work on the best of days and this was a record breaker. Honest, hottest June 25 on record.
Lunch with Dottie Bringle, COO/CNO of St. John's. Amazing and inspiring, yet down to earth. Still, tearing up when she looks at the hospital shell across from their temporary offices; as did I. She talks of preparation, leadership, courage. Too long to tell the whole story here, but she has agreed to come to Regis next year and share her story with our students and all of you. We were moved--not the least of which was the brief respite in air conditioning. On the way out I stopped by the VP of Mission who was briefly my boss in the nineties. She gave me a cross carved from the marble from the floor of the chapel. It will have a cherished spot on my desk; stop by and see it next week.
Back to the farm for tacos, and to the neighbors for pie. Body temperature dropping below triple digits, brain functioning returning. Stay tuned.
Monday, June 25, 2012
IIii'mmmmmm meelllting!!
So we hear that Colorado is on fire --and we are truly sorry -- but I believe spontaneous combustion was possible today just standing in the sun here in Missouri. Humidity is as thick as the smoke back in Denver.
Arrived last night, Chicken Annies the first stop, to lull these folks into staying. Let me tell you -- last year's folks were more adventurous. Not that many gizzards eaten, much more of an onion ring crowd. Over to Joplin this a.m. Amazing progress! No debris, hundreds of new homes, and hundreds of volunteers--still--waiting when we arrive for orientation. Everyone wants our electricians, and they are palpably excited that we have chainsaws and know how to use them. Half dispatched to Rhonda's house for mudding drywall and rewiring, half to Duenweg to work on fallen trees. Hot work on the best of days and this was a record breaker. Honest, hottest June 25 on record.
Lunch with Dottie Bringle, COO/CNO of St. John's. Amazing and inspiring, yet down to earth. Still, tearing up when she looks at the hospital shell across from their temporary offices; as did I. She talks of preparation, leadership, courage. Too long to tell the whole story here, but she has agreed to come to Regis next year and share her story with our students and all of you. We were moved--not the least of which was the brief respite in air conditioning. On the way out I stopped by the VP of Mission who was briefly my boss in the nineties. She gave me a cross carved from the marble from the floor of the chapel. It will have a cherished spot on my desk; stop by and see it next week.
Back to the farm for tacos, and to the neighbors for pie. Body temperature dropping below triple digits, brain functioning returning. Stay tuned.
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