Day 2: Or is it really a continuation of day 1?

The transatlantic flight was uneventful. I sat next to a group of young men from Lithuania. They were soldiers who had been in the U.S. for military training. They were very non-talkative. So my trip consisted of watching a movie called “Midnight in Paris.” Interesting, but nothing to impressive. I slept a little, but it was off and on so in the last 24 hours I’ve only had about 3 hours of sleep, which is more than some people on our trip. At the Frankfurt airport I got a pretzel. It was so yummy. And I missed everything on the flight into Austria because I was zonked out.

Rick Iles and David Babcock picked us up from the airport. We piled into their cars and made the short hop to Stockerau. It’s a beautiful and colorful town. David told us the town has roots back to the 1100’s. Both the Babcock’s and the Iles’s have beautiful homes and we are thankful they are accommodating us.

There is a lot of work to be done and we started immediately after getting the grand tour. We’ve worked on insulating walls, putting in some plumbing, working on wiring a room, painting and some gardening. All of these are projects that will take multiple days but we got a great jump start…even though I had to stop and take an hour nap because I was falling asleep standing up. It’s only about 8:00 p.m. here now and I think I’m the only American still awake. And some of the group has just fallen asleep wherever they sat.

I haven’t got any pictures of the town yet, but I’ll be posting some soon. I suppose I should head to bed now. Tomorrow we will get up and ride the train into Vienna for church. It is a German speaking church, but this week they happen to have a guest speaker who will be preaching in English and translating into German. Lucky for us I guess. Afterward we are supposed to pic-nic on the lawn of the summer palace. Can’t wait!

Things to pray for: strength, stamina, adventure, and good work ethic so that we can get the work done.