Last week when we were working at St. Francis Holiness Church which is part of the Society of Indian Missions, Jonathan and the girls and I stayed overnights at Judy Sherman's little house in town. Whoever put the sink into that house had the water lines in backwards so that the spigot gave us cold water when we wanted hot, and vice versa.
Jonathan is not the kind of person who does only what he is asked to do. He also likes to take care of a few extra things, and the backwards water lines bugged him. So there he squeezed, underneath the sink to fix the problem. It was done in less than ten minutes!
Now if only the squeak under the church platform had been that easy to fix!
That one took some figuring and working! Jonathan had to carefully peel carpet back, saw away part of the platform frame, and place another supporting board or two in the area of the squeak.
But afterward, even when at least three people stood on the platform and jiggled and oomphed over the squeak, it was quiet.
The squeak had finally been fixed.
But then there was the door jamb at Judy Sherman's home which had been broken into a couple weeks earlier. Not only was the jamb broken, the whole mess was letting in a lot of cold air! Sis. Judy was having to hang a huge robe over the door to try to keep out the cold.
Jonathan measured and figured and told nephew David how to make our own door jamb since lumber stores were so far away.
The guys made the jamb, and then Jonathan and Danny installed it, working in frigid weather. It had been down around zero one or two days, if not colder.
Just before we left Thursday mid-morning, Jonathan tried to fix the dryer for Tasbah Lavery.
It had been taking two hours to dry a load of laundry.
Jonathan found some sort of stiff wire and poked it down and around
inside the lint cavity, pulling all sorts of lint out, as well as
running the dryer for a few seconds at a time to blow out as much as
possible after he had poked around in the lint.
Outside he made sure there wasn't any lint ball stuffed up inside.
I like when people do a little extra and go beyond.
And my hubby is that kind of guy.
He was standing on a piece of property in South Dakota the day before.
Wondering if this might be the one for us.
We've contacted the realtor.
Deer bounded by as we were there, and Danny discovered grouse in the trees down in the draws.
Show us Your will and Your way.
Jonathan and Danny wrestled to get the tight gate to close up again.
And Lord, we need You to open the right door in Your timing.
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