September 21, 2011 – the first day of Fall!

Hello, TEXAS!!!!

After a great summer – three great projects, some down time in the Atlantic Maritimes, lots of Cabin time, heralding in the safe arrive of Weston Gary Conrad, grandchild #5, meeting said grandson (and seeing his parents), hooking up with lots of friends and family along the way and then finishing off the summer with more kids and grandkids – we have safely arrived in Lindale, TX, the SOWER ministry home base.  We’ll be here for about a week, and then we’ll start our Fall and Winter projects.  We haven’t actually signed up for any Fall projects yet, but we know they’ll be in TX!  There are 23 SOWER projects in the great state of Texas, so I’m pretty sure we’ll find somewhere to go!   We HAVE signed up for projects in Jan., Feb., and March -

Jan – Camp Tejas in Giddings, TX

Feb - Texas Baptist Encampment – Palacios, TX

March - Camp Baldwin – Elberta, AL (yes, we’ll be starting our slow trek to the NE!)

Of course, one of the blessings of being in TX for several months is that we’ll have several opportunities to visit with our daughter (and the rest of the gang at Parrott Ave. Zoo!) in Waco!  We have promised not to drop in EVERY weekend, but I know we’ll have some great visits!

OK, that’s all for now.  When I can fill in the rest of the blanks (like Oct., Nov., and Dec.) I will.  Well, if I remember!