We met all our new North Dakota and Colorado friends and have been working with them since our arrival. We are working on a Women's Center at Teen Challenge in Midland, Tx. This is a large building which is to hold 24 young women. Allan and I have been painting bathrooms, closets, doors and woodwork. The group has been sheetrock finishing, installing doors and window casings, working on electrical and plumbing issues and bathroom ventilation to name a few. Occasionally, we get a few Teen Challenge guys to assist us.
We have full hookups with 50 amp service. The volunteer hut has a washer and dryer and provides us a place to meet. We can get wifi service there although we use our air card in our RV. They have cable TV and a bathroom. We can have our meals in the cafeteria if we choose also.
The barn was hit by a tornado previously and another group is coming in after us to work on that building. They have cows and goats. Sunday we had a few additions to the barnyard. Someone brought in a hog and one of the goats had twins. They are the cutest things.
The ladies have taken an afternoon to go shopping. We have enjoyed our time together. We also have a bible study once a week. The volunteers try to get together one night a week to watch a DVD and one night to play games.
Katie has had spurts of wild energy lately. She jumped up on the ledge above the window using the shades as a climbing tool. At least she only has back claws.
The land in this area is very flat which poses a problem when they have heavier rains. There are no drainage systems that we have seen in town. You really have to be careful driving through the water, not knowing how deep it is. It is rather windy here most of the time. We have had some nice sunny days and some very cloudy days with rain. We had a few days of predicted snow or ice but it did not develop. There were several nights the water had to be disconnected due to below freezing temperatures.
There are definitely tumbleweeds here. On the back roads we have had to stop the truck and let the tumbleweeds go by because they are so big. If you walk across the field to get to the Women's Center you will pick up sand spurs on the bottom of your shoes, on your socks and jeans. They are real sticklers.
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