I'm So Thankful it's Friday!

And our Canadian youth group visitors are returning to Manitoba early in the morning! They drove three days in their bus to get here and now face three days of driving to get back home. They've worked hard while they were here, so they should be able to sleep on the bus. I know that their energy has wore us all out!

The next two pictures are at house #4 where they are putting in the floor and pouring the cement for the porches:

The next one is of the hillside at house #2 where the girls planted "red apple," a type of ice plant:

We had a strange experience early this afternoon. We were driving down Avocado Avenue in El Cajon on our way to a Home Depot and Walmart when we ran into a police traffic stoppage. There were 20-25 policemen there on both sides and in the middle of this busy four lane street; squad cars, motocycles, and unmarked cars -- and of course, TV crews -- parked everywhere. Traffic was backed up for more than a mile on each side. They were questioning everyone to try to find anyone who had driven the same route at about the same time a week ago last Friday and could have been a witness to "a shooting in the area."

When we came back that way a couple of hours later, everything was back to normal and there wasn't a policeman to be seen. I guess we'll never know what they were looking for.