Dear Cutters for Christ team members, Riverchase UMC DRM team members, Asbury UMC DRM team members and Friends of the Ministries,

Our day of service in Adamsville today began at 8:30 AM at the Adamsville Community Center where we signed in, were given registration arm bands to wear and identify us, and were treated to sausage biscuits and coffee to start of way.  We were back again on Morrow Lane by 9 AM where our first work assignment was punctuated with rainfall just 30 minutes into our work day.  The rain, combined with the exhaustion of working every day for two weeks in Kimberly and Adamsville, was enough for the team to call for an early end to the work day at 12:30 PM.  Lunch consisting of barbecue chicken and green beans was served at the Adamsville Community Center and appreciation was again shared by the others there with the CFC team.

The team today consisted of (left to right with most everyone's backsides to you!) Henry Averyt, walk-up volunteer Joel Stevenson, A.J. Benintnede, Boyd Martin, Chris Williams, Tim Smith and Buddy Williams.  Abel was there in full form and although you can’t make him out inside the protective cage, Bob Suellentrop was in his pilot’s chair.  This writer was there for the first 90 minutes, too, although a significant ankle sprain I suffered two days ago has frustratingly taken me out of the chainsaw operation business for a week or two and has sidelined me to just my team photography and workday reporting roles.

Today’s team:

Back on Morrow Lane, the team first worked at the home of Paul Roberts and removed two trees that were toppled on his property.  (Those are his trees in the team photo above.)  He was another homeowner who was spared the destruction of his home by the tree falling in the right direction - away from his house!

After completing the work at Paul’s house, the team removed a large oak tree at the corner of Morrow Lane and Cruce Road before ending their efforts for the week.  We'll take a well deserved weekend off and rest up for whatever next week brings.  

Being tired, there was not a lot of interest being expressed today by team members for getting right back into action again next week.  This is tough work!  And more bad weather may be coming.  And the Asbury UMC skid steer, Abel, will not be available to us next week.  And…and…and.  But there is certainly plenty of work to do.  So maybe there will be just a day or two of chainsaw cutting next week as members recharge and the weather permits.  Without Abel, pickers, haulers and draggers will certainly also be needed.  As I’ll be out of town most every day next week, if you have an interest in any team activities next week please communicate directly with deployment/team leader Buddy Williams at bwill48@att.net and let him know what days you might be available for service.

I encourage you also to check the CFC blog site every day at http://cuttersforchrist.blogspot.com for any up-to-the-minute communications from Buddy - he doesn’t have all 300 of your email addresses so he won’t be sending emails to you, but he asks that you check the blog site daily for any updates from him which he will post there when he has things to share with you during the week.

Let’s keep all the neighbors impacted by these local tornadoes in our prayers.

In His Service,

Bob