The Play ended its 2014 season Saturday night, but the work goes on. The Great Passion Play is so much more than a Play, and with so many "departments" there are literally hundreds of tasks to be accomplished before we can truly say our job here is finished. One body, but many parts.....something scriptural about that. Some people have already moved on to other locations, jobs, ministries or just a much-needed rest, but for those of us "left behind" the work will go on for days.
Some of the tasks: inventory, winterizing buildings and vehicles, relocating animals for breeding, sale, return to owners, costume cleaning and repair, securing the set and storing props, accommodating visitors who want to see what they didn't get to see because they got here a few days too late, storing plants for the winter, setting up Christmas displays, making plans for next season, shutting down remote restrooms and water systems, getting ready for the Donor Dinner this Saturday, moving vehicles to protected locations at the shop, making plans to repair and paint The Christ of The Ozarks statue.........and.........and.........
Our friends Hugh and LaVon left today and will be heading to our next ministry opportunity in Madison, Georgia. We'll be leaving here in a week to join them there and if that is where God wants us we'll be there for.........and then off to Jacksonville, FL and a return visit with Phil and Sharon from mid-January to mid-February. We've reserved space at NAS Jax but hope to be able to revisit Mayport and King's Bay where we "wintered" earlier this year and met some wonderful people. With a car in tow this year, we'll be more flexible and able to explore those areas a little more. We find it hard to believe how fast the time is passing and we sometimes bemoan what we have missed, rather than be joyful that there is something far better in our future and we will soon be able to say "it is finished", but .........not really, it will only be the start. We really do serve an awesome God.
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WE TRIED HARD TO WORK UP SOME GUILT WHILE READING THIS... HOWEVER, JUST COULDN'T DO IT AS I SAT HERE ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER WITH A LITTLE FOG EARLY THIS A.M. THEN I REMEMBERED THAT WE GOT TO THE PASSION PLAY EARLIER THAN YOU DID & IT IS ONLY FITTING THAT YOU STAY LONGER TO MAKE UP FOR MISSING DIGGING IN THE ROCKS IN MID APRIL! :) SEE YOU IN A WEEK OR SO!!!!!!!! :) HUGH & VON
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