New site of mind

Well, here we are.  A new website, a new design (all credit for pulling this off goes to the web guru, genius, all around great guy Michael Haag) and a new blog.  I will likely continue blogging here to keep everything in one location.  The old blog will still be there, but all future posts should come here.  I will likely not change anything of the mix of personal and strictly mission related topics, as I am just the blog author...there could be future posts here by others as well, we will have to see how this adapts/changes/grows.  

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I am also going to take the opportunity to let you know about changes also going on here...they seem constant in a way, changes here.  This time it has to do with our sleeping arrangements for groups.  As many of you know, we save money where we can.  One way for the future though where I felt we needed to invest more, to invest in those that come to invest in us and the ministry, was beginning the slow change of our bunk beds.  We know a very talented local carpenter from another Church, and using group funds I had saved throughout the year, we added another bunk bed, but a much different style, to the current mission house, seen here.  ​

We also made changes to the apartment we have up where the offices are, adding bunk beds there as well.  

The reason for doing that now was seeing that most people have no great affinity for the man cave, and we want to continue to welcome groups here bigger than what the mission house can handle, so adding alternative sleeping arrangements than the man cave was a key.  So we have more bunk beds, with stairs just like the mission house are in both bedrooms there, with a double mattress on bottom and a regular twin up top.  These are great quality cedar bunk beds, and the steps are actually drawers as well for storage.  And I was easily able to walk right up and jump into the top bunk...if that is not a test of quality, I do not know what is.  

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So for groups bigger than 18, we can now accomodate in the two bedooms in the apartment 4 per bedroom, or more if two people share the bottom bunk.  

We also have ideas how to continue to expand the bedroom space in the perhaps not too distant future without having to do the massive work we were anticipating above the man cave.   Slowly but surely...changes keep coming.  (Like...there will be mattresses for those bunks soon) 

Speaking of changes, if you would be so kind, just leave a quick comment below if you like the new site, the changes to the blog, and anything in particular perhaps you want to see in the future posted here.  

As with the old blog, I do not plan on keeping a specific blog schedule, just letting them come naturally.