June 22, 2016. Eureka Springs, AR. Settling In

We've been back from Colorado for a week, but it feels like we never left. We accomplished a lot while we were away, and the Passion Play seemed to do okay in our absence. All our duties were handled by others and we both came back to a lighter work load and with the weather being so hot, that has suited us well. We are going to try to pace ourselves better, leave the heavy stuff for the younger folks including the Team Effort kids who come here on weekly mission trips during June and July, defer some duties to new volunteers here for summer, and take more time to explore the area and enjoy some of the entertainment up the road in Branson, MO.
We will also be taking on some different roles from our prior years, including my Holy Land presentations as a "Moses-ish" character. That will require more study of the Bible and other materials relating to the first five books of the Old Testament. So far, I have enjoyed that new role and welcome the opportunity to really interact with the visitors to the Passion Play.
We are getting set up with the Fayetteville VA Medical Center and that will make my follow-ups and medical treatment much more convenient and close-at-hand. I keep saying how good the VA health care has been for us and the current cooperation between Fort Collins, Cheyenne and Fayetteville has been first rate. How blessed we are to have this benefit from my military service. Today we have been relaxing, and this evening we will renew our root beer float tradition from last year with Isy and James. Some things just have to stay the same.
Unfortunately, one other thing has stayed the same, and that is the plague of the chiggers. I must be a chigger magnet because they have returned with a vengeance and parts of my body look like a dart board and itch like the dickens, and I don't mean Charles. Last year's remedies don't seem to be working, so back we go to the Internet and a host of new ways to fight them or deter them before they can attack. i've already put out the first line of defense against the horde of ladybugs which overran us here last year and tormented us after we went to Georgia. Hopefully we will get the upper hand on both these critters before they settle in on our settling in. In any event, it is good to be here and part of this Passion Play ministry. Abundantly blessed.


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