 We
learned all about 'Bio Sand Filters' today. They are another way to
provide safe drinking water.
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 This
is real outdoor cooking.
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These pictures progress from top to bottom
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We
learned all about 'Bio Sand Filters' today. They are another way to
provide safe drinking water.
|
This
is real outdoor cooking.
|
 Here
is the second well that Moe helped drill. It was in July, 2005. |
 Here
is a typical woman carrying her load with her daughter learning
behind her. Women always carry loads on there heads. Men never do. |
 Here
Caroline Turner, Audrey Young and Mary Ryman are waiting for the
craft fair to begin. |
 Last
night we stayed at the Shalom Children's Home. This is a great
Christian project for El Salvador.
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 I
was given a great tour of the home today by Robin Graves, shown here
decorating with the children. |
 Don
& Rose Ann Benner created and still operates this home for abused
and abandoned children of El Salvador. There are currently 72
children here. |
 I
got to meet many of the kids and fell in love with every one of
them. |
There
were 105 at coffee this morning.
 There
were 34 at vespers tonight. |
 Gene
Mathes led the group in the singing of Christmas carols. |
 Rev.
Bill Corristan, from the St. John's United Methodist Church, shared
a great Christmas message with us tonight. |
 There
were 97 at coffee this morning. After coffee Gene Mathes presented a
slide show of his trip to El Salvador. |
 Here
is our president, Pat Myers conducting the meeting. |
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|
 Before
Santa arrived, Gene Mathes led everyone in singing great Christmas
songs. |
 Dick
Vierus and Gene Mathes had everyone join in on a rousing rendition
of "Twelve Days Of Christmas." |
 Irene
Zarrillo did a great job of organizing the party. |
 Santa
and his two elves passed out gifts to all who attended. |
 There
were 33 singers that came out tonight for the Christmas Caroling. Dick
Vierus led the group and accompanied the singing along with Gene
Mathes . |
 There
were 12 golf carts donated for the evening to transport the singers to
those that got entertained. |
 Everyone
had a great time singing. |
 The
weather was perfect and those that got serenaded really enjoyed it. |
 After
the singing we all came back to the clubhouse for hot chocolate and
cookies. |
 There
were 18 at the beach party today. That is not counting the bird on
top waiting for food. |
 The
grills were hot and the weather was mild. |
 Great
food was enjoyed by all except the birds. |
 Gene
Mathes led a sing-a-long of Christmas songs. |
 There
were 103 at coffee this morning. It was a full and exciting morning. |
 Ward
young introduced retired Lt. Dave Hart as the speaker after coffee. |
 Dave
talked about crime prevention. It was a very interesting and
informative talk. |
 At
10 am Rev. Bill Corristan, pastor of St. John's United Methodist
Church conducted a memorial service for Liz Bond who passed away on
Thursday December 14. Bill was Liz's pastor. |
 This
picture collage was on display at the service. Many good things were
said about Liz today. |
 This
new Christmas decoration was made available to us by Jeff
Warrington. Thanks Jeff. |
 The
Luminaries were beautiful tonight. This is looking north at Tammy
Drive and
Jeffrey Circle. |
 There
wasn't even enough breeze to blow out candles. This is the south end
of Jason Drive. |
 There
was a good crowd on hand for the Christmas dimmer today at the
Clubhouse at 4 pm. We had about 75 attend. |
 Caroline
Turner did a great job with all of the planning. |
 Dick
Vierus ask the blessing for the meal. |
 The
food layout was great as usual. |
 Here
Charlene Sherman looks over the wonderful desserts. |
 Hosting
the Yankee Swap were Marj Dunn and her daughter Marsha along with Bob
Eastman. |
 Lots
of gifts were exchanged and some moved around a lot. It was great fun.
Here Tony Zarrillo unwraps his gift. |
 There
were only 75 for coffee this morning. The attendance should be
picking up after the 1st of the year. |
 It
happened again. There were about twenty Orange Acres residents that
attended the Super Seniors program at Faith Baptist church this
morning. Five of them were drawn for the door prizes. They were, from
left, Alice Vierus,
Bill Dodd, Blanche Sargent, Joan Kapp and Mary Cowan. |
 Look
at the new rockers at the clubhouse! We're as good as The Cracker
Barrel now. |
