September 9, 2014
Today was another nice sunny, but hot
day in Branson. It didn't cool off much last night. And as an
update to yesterday's blog, as to why it's more fun to hike in
Alaska. In addition to the decreased heat and humidity, no snakes,
poison ivy or spiders, there are NO CHIGGERS. There are LOTS of
chiggers in Missouri.
Today, again, started with devotion at
7:00. Today our leader was a pastor who is now the director of the
Lakeview Methodist Conference Center in Texas, Matt Idom. He was
funny and very good. Funny is helpful at 7:00 am. When our meetings
started, we had some speakers who's organization had been recipients
of NOMADS work teams and then a business meeting with different board
members presenting different topics. That will continue tomorrow.
Today was also the silent auction and the live auction. This is a
major fun raiser for the NOMADS to help the various organizations
where we work. In most circumstances the places we work – camp,
church, etc – provide the supplies such as paint, lumber, etc and
we give our labor toward their projects. Some in need of our
services are also in need of financial assistance to purchase the
supplies needed for the work.
The Auction Committee members make
silent auction anything but silent as they encourage everyone to
continue bidding and “spend your money.” After the silent auction
closes they have a live auction conducted by one of the members who
is a retired auctioneer. That was a hoot to watch. Hopefully
tomorrow they will announce the proceeds from the auctions. It
seemed to be going well. Anyway it was a fun afternoon and again we
met some more members. For dinner tonight we all went out to dinner
at McFarlain's Restaurant. They did an amazingly good job of serving
all 317 of us quickly and efficiently. The food was good, too.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow we have more business meetings
and educational seminars. Not our usual EMA/911/medical seminars so we
will tell you more about that tomorrow.
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