the insulation

who ever thought blown in insulation was a good idea? seriously. the person who invented those pink rolls of insulation that is not in 100 billion individual particles is a genius.

i am in iowa doing flood relief this weekend. i was on the demolition team responsible for the final stages of gutting out a house that was built in the 20's or 30's. i spent the day on a ladder pulling down the ceiling and with each pry of a 2" slat came plaster and buckets of the above mentioned insulation. i was covered in it. goggles, hard hat, mask. yes, it was a sight.

now i lay here at the baymont inn in cedar rapids trying to decide if i am clean or not. clue #1 that i am not...after my shower i wiped off my face with the towel and there was dirt on it. my friend paige just got back and all we did was laugh with out speaking for a couple of minutes...we are both so sore!! tomorrow should be fun.

why am i here? the cabinet (the group of people who make our appointments in the church) brought us here to get to know us in a less formal setting. believe me, we are getting to know each other well. they aren't the ones who will be interviewing us in march to decide if we will be ordained or not, but we know they all talk. so, guess what? we are working hard and being on our best behavior ;) more importantly, we are representing the texas annual conference of the umc...we made a commitment to help them last fall after they flooded in june 2008, but did not go then because of ike. i am honored to be here making good on their promise.

although i am filthy from the insulation, the work here is cleansing in so many ways. glory be to god.