May was hot and humid. There wasn't really any Springtime in Eureka Springs. We went for Winter to Summer, so maybe Summer will actually be Spring this year. This week we do begin our busy performance schedule with a Play Day every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for all of June and July.
We also begin our busy times for church groups, Team Effort Youth Groups and other volunteers to come and help us with many of the "have to be done but no time or people to do it" chores. And so began that added activity today. We have a youth group from New Mexico and Team Effort groups from Illinois and Nebraska helping with groundskeeping, plant and tree watering, painting, leaf raking, and other activities and will also be cast members in the Play later in the week. Some of these young people have not been on a "mission trip" like this and some are not sure what the word "work" means. We try to keep them busy, give them a variety of tasks to choose from and let them know that work doesn't have to be tedious but can actually be fun.
Tomorrow most of them will get to experience the Holy Land, visit the Museums and see the pre-Play presentations and the Play itself. Hopefully the week will be a good experience and memory for them. For those of us here for the full season, we have some relief from the usual Spring and late Summer routine and can have some extra rest to give our "all" on the four-a-week" performance schedule.
Karen and I had friends visit last week and we will have friends from Colorado here for the next three days. It is fun to show our friends and family how we have been spending the past five years serving The Lord here at The Great Passion Play. It has been quite a journey, but one we wouldn't want to have missed. It's far more than work or a job, but rather........telling a story of the past, living it every day and growing in faith, hope and love for what the future hold for us. How blessed and thankful we are to have a part in it all.
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