Housden Costa Rica Adventure: Memorial Cleaning

Starting on Wednesday of this week, our congregation has put extra effort into making sure the hall looks great for Memorial. We needed to paint inside and out, paint the fence, power wash the gutters, and do a general cleaning. Today Amber and I left the kids with the guys and helped paint the inside of the hall.

We got organized and an elder in the hall got up on a ladder to start cutting into the wall so it could be rolled. He hadn't even done one brushstroke before the fan gashed open his scalp! He hadn't realized how low that particular ceiling fan was. Blood was gushing everywhere and he had a 2 inch long, deep gash in his head. Amber and I thought he needed to go to a hospital for stitches….oh but wait, the closest hospital is about an hour away. So they went to a brother's house and super glued the wound shut! The picture is after the super glue, I guess it works pretty well. Good to know. Bill came back after his head was glued back together and finished painting. Did I mention this brother is 70 and surfs everyday possible?

We finished painting in about 4 hours and have the deep cleaning before Memorial on Monday. I'm really excited to attend Memorial in a foreign country and it's only going to be in Spanish. Our congregation got a very limited amount of Memorial invitations, but I still think the attendees will fill the hall and be spilling into the street.