September 2 – “Out of the ceiling”

We did our three-miler with a side of ten step-climbs yesterday.  I guess it’s getting a little easier.  I’m still feeling pretty worn out when we finish, but there a sense of accomplishment.  And I guess I’m slowly getting into some semblance of shape.  OK.  So I won’t lobby to skip out on water aerobics this morning …

 

I worked a lot yesterday on updating the Seaside directory I have.  Kel wanted a copy of it, and mine if full of penciled-in corrections and additions.  I got it to him, though.  Now he wants to know if there is someone in the church who is good at data entry to get them all entered into the software program he has going.  That he’ll have to ask for on Sunday. 

 

We got one of those emergency crisis calls from the church retreat center last night around 7:30 or so.  Lauren and Cathy were up there cleaning up a little and getting a place ready for the new cabinets to be delivered.  But when they went into the storeroom, what should they discover but … (drum roll here) … another leak in the ceiling.  Right below the AC unit in there.  Apparently it wasn’t as bad as the one in the kitchen.  Well, it hadn’t been going as long, anyway.  but it was definitely a ceiling tile destroyer.  Fortunately, this time our AC guy, Lynn, was in town.  He was able to race over and see what the trouble was.  Sure enough, it was the exact same issue as before.  The drain tube was clogged up.  The drip pan under the unit was not made big enough to catch the overflow.  A true recipe for disaster.  Lynn was there completing repairs.  He plans to come back next week and install flow meters and system disrupters and whatever else is needed to just shut the system down next time this happens.  And he’s putting them on all four units up there. 

 

Chris and I went on up there to help with clean-up.  We had three vacuum cleaners and a broom going.  The brand-new kitchen floor looks amazing, by the way.  Ed and his crew did a remarkable job.  And not long after we finished that job, Bob arrived from his jaunt to Oklahoma with the new cabinets in tow.  We got them into the storeroom until Ed can get back in to replace them.  Things seem to be falling into place (instead of out of the ceiling) now. 

 

Romans 12:21 says, “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

 

Father, thank you for the work Ed did on the kitchen.  And thank you for Bob’s willingness to get us the cabinets from Oklahoma.  Not to mention Lauren and Cathy’s dedication to get the place clean and ready for the groups coming in.  Amen.