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From: Jane boyce <janeboyce@live.com>
Date: February 18, 2018 at 7:02:39 PM AST
To: Jane boyce <janeboyce@live.com>
Subject: Update 18
Who knew finding a nut for the chainsaw would mean driving around for almost 2 hours & stopping at 8 hardware/repair shops?? But seek and ye shall find...and it happened to be close to the only McD around :). Johanna decided she wanted to attempt driving Rt. 3 home & Sarah, Juli & Mariely bravely got in the car with her. Rog & I stopped at McD & then took the longer, safer Rt 901. Our work sit was the home of a fisherman on the top of a mountain with a fabulous view of the ocean. While Rog worked on the downed tree, the girls picked up trash, branches & hauled away the cut wood. Lunch was another feast with fried fish caught last night...head to tail...lasagna, salad, rice & beans. When Rog & the fisherman got back to work, the girls took off to clean up a 4-5 ft mound of branches the Ben & Rog had cut earlier. Hot & sweaty but successful, we girls showered & were ready when 2 vans of a NGO Praying Pelicans group arrived. The group is working close by with Johanna's parents. Each van loaded food, solar lights, water, adult diapers & a Valentine can of cookies and headed to the homes of 8 shut ins. It felt kinda like being with a tour as the Praying Pelican leader pointed things out as we drove along. At each house, 12 people crowded into the house to chat & pray with the shut in. In and out. I missed that closeness I felt with people when we went with Johanna & stayed for a longer, more intimate visit.We met up with Rog, Johanna & girls at a local restaurant where we ate pastelilos, listened to blaring music which soon had Alice dancing. Johanna picked up tres leche cake and I filled a bowl with M & M's. A sweet ending to Valentine's Day!
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