Talladega, Alabama

Here we are in a little piece of God's country: Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center in Talladega, Alabama. This will be our "home" for three weeks. So far our volunteering has involved painting for Hunter and decorating Christmas trees for Nancy. Our mornings begin with a 6:00 a.m. race walk, followed by breakfast before group morning devotions at 7:30. Hunter then heads to work in one of the buildings while I go with the women to do whatever the camp staff needs done at the moment. I fix Hunter lunch in the motorhome at 12:00 and an hour later he returns to work while I enjoy the freedom of doing whatever I want in the afternoon. Today I worked on writing Christmas cards. Tomorrow I plan to start a new project: learning to do swedish weaving, which one of the ladies in our MMAP group has promised to teach me. We have friends coming to visit this week-end and we plan to visit the Desoto Cave system and just hike in the area. Many of the leaves are still colored and remain on the trees creating continual beauty. Each day is a new adventure! Hunter and I continue to feel blessed to have God call us to this style of retirement.