Sunday, August 2, 2009

August 2, 2009 Planted More Garden

I gave arugala from the garden to Sarah yesterday. Aaron and she came down to talk to us about the risks of what we are trying to do. I am plugging away trying to raise the money that we will need to survive this year. Our announcement about going into Individual Volunteer Service full time appeared in our conference newsletter, The iVoice. We've gotten some positive feedback via email and responses to the article. I am encouaged. We really need 53 individuals who can send us $25 per month for the 12 months of our stay to meet our budget. We work 40 hours per week at three programs for the homeless. In return meeting ground allows us to eat any meal being prepared at the houses where we work. We are living in a completely furnished two bedroom apartment with all utilities paid that is set aside for full time volunteers in mission. We also receive $100 per month stipend to help us with our expenses. We must provide ourselves with health insurance, truck maintenance, gas and truck insurance, property taxes and insurance on our home, food for evening snacks and weekends, copays for medical care and prescription copays, clothes, incidentals, and emergencies.

Planted a packet of green beans for fall harvest yesterday. Today in rained for an hour. Tomato plants are setting tomatoes and pepper plants are in blossom. Carrots came up and leaf lettuce is struggling. My neighbor's tomato plants are 50 inches tall and loaded with fruit. He gave me enough cucumbers to feed cucumber salad to 50 homeless people last Wednesday.

We worshiped at the chapel service at the Farm and ate dinner with a group of teenage volunteers from PA.

Sandy wants to blog next time.


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