As reported in the blog yesterday, Borovika's assessment of my painting ability, or lack thereof, dissuaded me from doing more painting. Perhaps my next painting episode was many years later. It came when I accompanied a youth mission trip to California.
After some very successful fund raising a mission trip to California was arranged. Flying to San Francisco on Friday the plan was to sight see the city Saturday and Sunday. In two rented vans we toured the City. Monday we drove to the Sacramento Valley and connected with Youth Works, who organized the work detail.
The group to which I was assigned were tasked with painting an elderly woman's house. In the process of painting it became clear we needed a ladder. The woman, whose house we were painting, said there was one in her shed. Then she said, "Be very careful, because there many black widow spiders in there." Sure enough the inside of the shed was festooned with spiderwebs, each one hosting a black widow spider.
The most interesting part of this trip happened in San Francesco. While we were visiting Fisherman's Warf, the youth said "We can't be in California without going to the beach." Consultation of the maps showed a beach not far away. Off we went and the youth quickly exited the vans to wade in the surf. Two girls headed down the beach to get a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge. Quickly returning they said, "You don't want to go down there." Mary, a chaperon, went to investigate and returned to report that we were at a nude beach.
This was on Saturday afternoon and before cell phones. On their calls home that evening the youth reported the adventure. When my wife went to church the next morning, back in Minnesota, she was greeted with, "Pastor Al took the kids to a nude beach!" So, I now have that on my resume`.😀
Takk for alt,
Al
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