We spend a few days transitioning from family to our next SOWER Project. it was nice to spend a few days as “just us” in the Colorado Mountains at a KOA in Woodland Park, CO. While there, we started thinking, talking, and dreaming about a cabin in the Colorado mountains someday – we’ve always had this dream, could it happen? (More on this later).
Welcome to Glen Eryie, Colorado – Our JUNE SOWER Project!
What a beautiful place to “have to work”! The staff here was so very accommodation (even with the crazy COVID regulations that we had to adhere to). The RV site reserved for the SOWERs was very spacious and close to the campus – and wildlife!
We enjoyed meeting our new “family” of SOWER’s that we would be working with for the next three weeks. Eric & Donna Grimm, Marion & Donna Berriman, Jim & Marsha Lyon, Jim & Pat Kloosterman, Jack & Shirley Krohn, Bill & Betsy McClintick. We learned to meet outdoors in the sunshine for our morning devotions.
We all had to learn how to meet and work together during the COVID regulations handed down from the Gov. of Colorado. No meeting indoors, had to wear masks within six feet of each other, had to record temperatures and answer COVID symptom questions everyday prior to work. We learned that while we were paired up and working, we could lose the masks except when inside with Glen Eryie clients. Unfortunately there will be no socializing together with game nights, daily breaks, or pot luck meals while we are here this month.
We came to serve….let’s get started!
We received our “to-do” list of work projects and hit it hard. The guys had a “punch-list” of finishing touches that needed to be done at the Big Horn Lodge building. They had just finished refurbishing it and wanted to get it open “next week”! The ladies were busy sewing masks and decorator pillows, cleaning rooms, and gardening through out the campus.
In addition to the inside projects at Big Horn, the guys re-sealed the big beams on all of the bridges and totally remodeled the “Tour Room” inside the Carriage House building.
It was a lot of fun to work on different projects and get a lot done for the limited staff they have at this time. Because of COVID they only have a skeleton crew working and very few volunteers from the city. Hoping we left them with some big items checked off their list!
We were blessed to receive a tour of the Castle and learn of the history from General Palmer days to Dawson Troutman (Navigators) up to today. It was so interesting and we could see God’s hand in all of the stories and events!
W enjoyed a farewell thank-you breakfast from the Glen Eyrie staff in the Castle! We shared memorable times and events over the last three weeks. This was a special group of SOWERS that God put together, we so thankful for new friends and memories!
