Boring

Sorry folks. This may be one boring post. I'm tired and not a lot of interesting activities occured. We all woke up in the morning at the Mission, had devotions at the Mission, ate breakfast at the Mission, worked all morning at the Mission, ate lunch at the Mission, worked all afternoon at the Mission, ate dinner at the Mission, got out for a short historic tour of Ahja, Watched a documentary called the Singing Revolution at, you guessed it, the Mission.

The only excitement today was the horse pulled cart that went by the Mission. Lauri followed it to the local pharmacy and then over to the Pood (small grocery store) where she asked the driver if she could take his picture. He willingly agreed and posed for the picture. I managed to chase it down on it's return trip but my pictures aren't nearly so good, maybe because instead of asking for a close up I zoomed in from afar.

We did make some progress on the construction in the two Sunday school rooms. Three of the four walls in the smaller room have been sheetrocked. Two of the walls in the larger room have been sheetrocked as well. Concerned that we might not have enough sheetrock a few more sheets were ordered this morning and finally delivered this evening. Twelve of us in two small rooms made for a crowded work space. With saw dust flying, sheetrock mud splattering, drills whirring, and workers whining, it was a dirty, noisy place to be. The crowd diminished somewhat after lunch when Casi, Calli, and Becca went to work on preparations for Children's Day which will be held tomorrow from 11:00 until 2:00. The crowd diminshed some more when Mr. Howe and the Professor, I mean Wayne and Rein, set off on another tour in search of sheetrock mud, sheetrock knives, and other materials required, or at least desired to complete the job. Amazingly enough they returned in short order.

We did have two minor injuries today. Becca was shocked to find that when you touch two bare hot wires with your arm they send a not so pleasant sensation into your body. She has returned to her old giggly self but it did leave a mark on the arm. Kay rushed out to get her camera when the horse and wagon went by but suddenly stopped short when she was impaled by a nail. She has a band-aid on it and claims that she is fine

After dinner Rein had arranged a historical tour of the area around the Mission here in Ahja, primarily buildings and grounds associated with the Manor House that I have mentioned in previous posts. In addition to Rein our guides were the local museum curator and the local librarian. At the conclusion of the tour we went to the library and to the museum, which is upstairs above the library. Following the tour Rein set up a DVD projector and we watched The Singing Revolution. This is a documentary about Estonia's quest for and the achievement of freedom from the Soviet Union. Not a drop of blood was spilled during the Singing Revolution.

I'll post pictures tomorrow.

Again, I apologize for the quality and quantity of this post. Now that we are working on the construction projects the days tend t be the same.

In the words of Red Skelton, Good night and may God bless.

Randy Mac