Tuesday Times

This was another packed-full day. It started in the attic at 6:45--hauling bags of stuffed animals out and pitching them down the attic stairs to Jim who carried them to the driveway.  By 8:00 Myron arrived with the truck to transport them to Grace.

Meanwhile I headed to Target hoping their notebooks would be 90% off...only to find all their school supplies had just been pulled for salvage. So mad at myself for missing that opportunity to get more nice fillers.  Booked back over to Grace where we started the box folding once again. We're all getting faster at the process.

We had an average of 15 volunteers at any point in the day and finished by 9:00 tonight with a total of just over 8,500 boxes folded.

We also spent some time trying to figure out how to get 16 boxes in each carton. The schematic OCC sent with the packing party information calls for putting four on the top of the box in the above configuration BUT it doesn't work with the new boxes--not even close.

Finally Amanda figured out another configuration that works. I think we'll put the row of 3 upside down and the single one rightsize up. It's going to be interesting to see how this works out in the stress of the packing party. 

We all enjoyed the fellowship of sharing lunch and dinner together and my favorite parts of the day came from great conversations I had in the morning and in the evening with two friends each of whom lost both parents in the past year. Talking about God's goodness in the midst of suffering was so meaningful.  

There's more going on than just folding boxes and it's really kind of beautiful.