Narrow mountain valley road outside of David, KY
Sunday arrived bright and early this morning and signalled a welcome opportunity to take a break from the preparations being made for the new school year which begins this Tuesday. Due to limited staffing, the school staff and faculty have been working together to cover all the bases including that of cooking for the students as we are currently without a full time cook. On Friday the absence of a predetermined kitchen staff necessitated a shopping trip to stock the kitchen for the students' arrival. As a new addition to the staff here at the David School I was quick to volunteer my services and have an opportunity to explore the area a bit. As it turned out, we filled eight shopping carts (or as the locals call them: "buggies") and pretty much an entire Chevy Suburban. Walmart pretty much had to restock all the shelves after we left.
Yesterday I had time after work to get a decent run in and was able to make it up over the nearby mountain pass behind the school. Altogether about 500 feet of a climb and then a thigh burning decent that mad the climb worth the torturous ascent. Later in the afternoon my house-mate James and I ended to day with a trip to the town of Paintsville to see the movie Babylon AD. Forgettable movie, but I'm starting to get my bearings and I spotted a Lowe's Hardware store that I'll need to stop at next week for shop supplies as I'm the school's new shop instructor.
Today Jill, Steven and I made it to the Catholic church, St. Martha's, in Prestonburg for mass. The fact that the Priest and most of the parishioners were largely ex baptists made for an interesting service and I was welcomed back for next week. It's nice to make those local connections.
Until I write again, God Bless!!!
1 comment:
I've been to St. Martha's Church! You are in the same area that I volunteered and did mission work in. That is really cool; what a small world! Are you enjoying the awesome mountains down there? It is so gorgeous!
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