Church members, we apologize for not posting an entry to the blog up until now, because we encountered some unexpected technical issues here in Brigantine.   It turned out that our host church did not have Wifi access.   We found out that the City Hall did have access, and we finally figured out tonight how to access our blog.

We had a safe drive in nice weather from Farmington to Philadelphia on Saturday.   On Sunday we visited the new Museum of the American Revolution, which we highly recommend.   The main attraction of the museum is the actual campaign tent used by George Washington during the Revolutionary War.   We had no idea that this still existed.

We arrived in Brigantine late Sunday evening, where one of the Elders from Community Presbyterian Church met us and helped us get settled in.   Another church member left us dinner.

We have nice accommodations here.   John and Leah sleep in one classroom and Bob and me in another.   They have great double inflatable mattresses, which make for great sleeping.   In back of the church is a shower trailer on loan from the Presbyterian Church.    The kitchen is well-equipped, and Leah has .been feeding us great meals.

We're working on two new houses, which are nearly complete.   They're two blocks apart from each other, sitting on huge wood pilings, about ten feet off the ground.   They're both only a seven minute drive from the church.   To date, a one house we've been mudding and sanding drywall, painting, installing trim and some other minor touch-up work.  At the second house, which we began working on today, we're in the process of replacing a large wooden post supporting a corner of the deck housing the air conditioner.   We had to install a temporary replacement post, dig and knock out the post, dig a hole 30 inches deep, install a form and pour concrete into it.   Once this cures we'll get instructions on how to re-install the post.   We were bushed by the end of the day, but gratified by the work we've accomplished so far, and appreciative of the showers and air conditioning.