Well this has been an eventful week at SAM.

On Monday night, one of our workers, Bobby, came down with a 103
degree temp and had to be taken home by our contractor, Gene White.
Before I go any further, Bobby’s doing well at home, and plans to
return to work on White Tail lodge next week.

Another discovery was made on Monday as well. My friendly beavers
had run off with log number 6. That only leaves 4 more to go. I’ve
basically given up on stopping them, and am trying to plan an “alternative”
method of putting in steps to lead to our beach area.

On Tuesday, Gene White came back - as did two helpers from the
Verndale Alliance Church, Terry Mickunas and Bruce Gould. They
were life-savers for Gene and me since Bobby was home sick. We
were able to put in all of the red oak flooring in the second bedroom
suite area.

Then sad news hit. Gene received a call around 5:00 pm telling him that is
91 year old mother was dying (she had been ill for some time). Gene called
about an hour later, as he was traveling home, to tell me that his mother
had passed away. Her funeral will be on Saturday morning in Verndale.
Please pray for Gene and his extended family as they grieve the loss of his
mom.

So things have stopped right now on the remodel. We have two friends
coming tomorrow (Fri) to help us around the place. But the heavy-duty
work will have to wait until next Monday.

That’s it from SAM-land. God bless, and remember, Judy and I love you guys.