BFC Monroe, OH - We're here!

Sunday - The church bus arrived yesterday about 7 pm. Brent had arrived on Friday and Jim E. arrived Saturday by airline. The Nixes and the Schaumbachers arrived on Saturday and checked into the campground, and Susie Bell and her granddaughter checked into the hotel. The Heads and the Links got in Saturday afternoon, and Bill Gardner and the Lawsons came today. The Links have the best travel adventure tale - they had been at Mackinaw Island in northern Michigan, and crossing the Mackinaw bridge, they blew one of their 3 week old tires. After calling 3 WalMarts to get a relplacement for the tire they bought at Sam's, they thought they had a replacement, only to find after diving the 50 miles to the store that the tires had been special ordered and picked up earlier. They finally got a tire from another store - 50 miles away. (Apparently "A Wal-Mart within 5 miles of everyone" doesn't apply in the Midwest.)
The hotel is really nice, big free breakfast bar, comfortable beds, popcorn and soda in the afternoon. There's a jacuzzi and a pool that has both indoor and outdoor sections. My only complaint is that I think someone has smoked in our room, yuck.
This morning we went to church at FBC Monroe and met some of the church members. The building is actually ahead of schedule. We'll find out what the tasks will be tonight. Some of the Thomasville Road volunteers were there, too. They're moving to our hotel, as theirs has no A/C! (PS - It's 83d here at noon) After church we ate at Golden Corral , then disbursed to a variety of activities. A group left early to see the Red Sox play the White Sox in Cincinnati, some went to a local flea market, some went to the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton (www.nationalmuseum.af.mil, and some stayed in the hotel and relax. When Charles and Velma Lawson arrived, they had been to the Creation Museum in KY. (If that sounds familiar, it's because Lou and Shirley Dattolo volunteered there.) We have a meeting at the church at 7 pm to go over our tasks for next week. No pictures yet because I inadvertently locked my SB card and it took a trip to Target where a nice sales associate showed me what I'd done. (There's a little slide on the side of the card that "locks" it so that no pictures can be added or deleted. Who knew?) I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow to add. I can post text at the computer in the lobby, but I'll need Bill Smith's laptop to add the pics.
Thanks for the prayers - keep 'em coming!