Today is day four of our mission here in Bayville.  Colossians 3:15-16 says: "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called to be one body, and be thankful.  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching , and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace  in your hearts to the Lord."

The homeowner (Frank)stopped by at lunchtime today-he is unable to come to the dinner at the church tonight.  I really wish we could have had him there.  The host church here (Morning Star) had a feast of a meal for sure!  Great food, great fellowship, great conversations and a bit of guitar playing and singing from Kelly and Rev Peter DeVries.  We also had a couple of folks here from our co-helpers from United Way, as well as a bunch folks from this very welcoming and accommodating church.

Today we completed a lot of drywall, and "mudding"!  Most of our day for us was spent on top of the scaffolding putting finishing touches on screws and then being the task of completing round one of the mudding in the living quarters of Frank's home.   The folks that are working on the garage also had a productive day.  Their process is taking a little bit longer finishing there because of the changes in laws since SuperStorm Sandy made a mess of this whole area.  14,000 homes-just in Ocean County are still affected from this storm.  Needless to say, that's a whole lot of people who are displaced and not in their perspective homes.

In speaking with Frank today-he is seeing progress being made.  He and his wife bought take out food and ate in their back yard picnic table, hoping to be back in their home-Sooner rather than later!  He is very frustrated at the process, but is VERY appreciative of the work that he sees being done.  And he praised groups, like us that are making it that much closer to them being back in their homes.  The guys from United Way (Rob, (Big and little), Rod, and Matt are a great bunch of guys that we have worked with.  Thanks be to God for putting this whole group together, again all the glory, honor, and praise go to Christ.  He has strengthened us to get through His mission to get done what He wanted us to get done.  Thank you all!  And keep the prayers coming for safety as our last working day will be here tomorrow-and for a safe trip back home.  Thank you all for taking the time to read the blog and to keep us in prayer.  One more "working" day blog, same bat time, same bat channel tomorrow evening.

Signing off today...