Oneida Baptist Institute, Oneida, Ky

We arrived in Oneida, Ky. on Oct.4th, Saturday afternoon. There are no straight roads coming to this school. We are in the eastern Kentucky mountains with roads being very winding. Jake Carroll, the Campers on Mission director of this project, was there to meet us as we came into the campground area to help us get parked. We were pleased that we will have water, 30 amp electric and sewer for the next two weeks. Oneida is in a black hole as far as cell phone, Internet and TV's are concerned unless you have a sat elite dish, which we don't. We started meeting many of the COM members, some of which we had worked with in Montana or had met at the Gadsden rally last year. We went to church on Sunday and greeted more COM members as they arrived. Monday morning we met as a group and were assigned a project. Jeanne is working in the craft shop and Allan is working with Bob White's crew on demolishing a roof from a building and replacing it with a new one. Our rainy day project consisted of putting up shelving in a locker room. We are very fortunate that they feed us three meals a day along with the staff and students.

Oneida Baptist Institute is a Christian boarding school with grades from 6-12. Many students come from foreign countries. Some of the students come from schools and homes where they have had problems adjusting. Oneida not only teaches academics,but
bible studies, too. They involve the students in campus work, sports and also horticulture and agriculture.

This is a beautiful area. The trees are changing color. There was some kind of virus? going around. Allan picked up the virus but is better now.



We were treated to a tour of the farm where they raise their own pigs, cattle, goats and grow their own crops. It is quite an operation. It helps feed the staff and students.

We were able to go to London last weekend and purchase some equipment so we could hook up to a external antenna and a booster amplifier for the phone and Internet so we can connect to the rest of the world.

We will be leaving in the morning after working here for two weeks. We certainly enjoyed our time here.