Making the Greenhouse Greener

[written by Ian]

Today was filled with dirt-moving, sweat-provoking, storm-swelling fun here at the Green abode. While the rest of the team went to continue on their tract-spreading journey, Chuck, Teresa, and I (Ian) stayed behind to work in the yard. We enjoyed the process of beautifying the family’s yard by digging out the dry, unproductive dirt and filling it in with new topsoil. We were a dirt-moving machine.  By lunch we had the juniper stumps out as well as the old dirt.

After a wonderful lunch prepared by many of the diligent Green crew (as are all of the meals), I went down to our room to take a short nap before the new soil arrived. I was abruptly awoken by an excited Green child telling me that the soil was here! I hopped off my mattress and raced outside only to find a mad rush of digging with the goal of finishing before the imminent rainfall. The looming rain cloud and crashing lightening kept us motivated to move faster and faster. We got through two-thirds of the pile before the rain came down in a mad rush of large drops and God-reflecting thunder. We hurried to cover the dirt and raced inside where we were glad to say “hello” to the shower. We had a great dinner of bread-pudding and sandwiches.

After some playing with the kids and dressing Abby’s doll, those of the team staying at the Greens set out to find some ice cream. We had ice cream in classic Chuck style with many different kinds and then enjoyed some laughs with Chris buying a nine-volt battery from a hardware vending machine. It was a great day of serving and being blessed by the generosity and servant-nature of others.