at Diana. A number of campers and lots of work to be done. The first week was mainly the heavy work; like moving the pews and repairing some of the buildings and painting. I let Don work on that. There was also opening and stocking the gift shop. A number of the things that were left from Sept. were already priced, but there was new stuff coming in all the time to be priced and displayed. As things came in our displays had to moved and/or rearranged. Actually it was kind of fun; especially since being there early and doing the work got you first dibs on the stuff. I picked up a number of things.
The first week was the Gospel Meeting. Robert Hatfield was the evangelist. A very talented young man and well-grounded in the scriptures. It was great to get to know him and his wife, Emily.
The last couple of days before the singing was the "last minute" stuff. Helped put out song books and receive and stock items in the ham shed.
One of the fun things we did when not busy in the gift shop was work puzzles. It had been so long since I had done puzzles that I felt pretty useless at first. But I was soon in the swing of things.
Friday night, June 8, was amazing! There were about 2,000 people there to sing. To me, the greatest gospel music is ACapella. We bought the recordings for that night's singing. (Also made good money in the ham shed and gift shop.)
Saturday was not quite as good. Probably had only 700 people show up, but they were still enthusiastic in their singing.
Sunday after services and potluck, it was time to put things away and close up until Sept. We also broke down much of our camp, as rain was expected.
We drove home on Monday. We had a couple of short, but intense showers; otherwise was mostly cloudy and some sprinkles.
Was a great couple of weeks that went by quickly.
God Bless
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