It wasn't the day we had planned.  Not at all.  The taxi was picking Guy and I up in 15 min. We had three errands to run.  Shouldn't take more than two hours tops.  Doris had already started cleaning a room that a guest had vacated last evening.  There was also a bathroom waiting for her TLC.  Then there would be some ironing.  Francis was preparing to make a chicken pot pie to freeze ahead for the next guest.  And Papa Jim was hoping to make progress on his fan repair project.

And then the phone rang and everything was turned upside down.  Would Jim be able to look at a missionary's car and diagnosis the problem?  Our friend had lost confidence in the mechanic his mission uses.  He remembered that Jim had done a superb job of fixing his car.  Must have been 13 - 14 years ago.  Could he bring the car by around 2:30 p.m.?

Jim, Francis, and Doris were instantly switched over to emptying out our under the stairs storage room.  Jim's seldom used auto tools had to be there somewhere.  The car came for Guy and I, but we promised to join the fun just as soon as we could get back to Shiloh.

Fortunately Jim managed to find the right tools fairly quickly, and was busy getting everything in order.  Since so many boxes had already been hauled outside, why not go ahead and just empty the whole room out?  Before long the four of us had everything piled around outside.  Then came the cleaning part.  Walls were divested of cobwebs, and an impressive mountain of dirt was swept up.  Even the floor got a bath.  

Meanwhile Jim had gladly abandoned us to the cleaning work when the ailing car arrived. Diagnosing and repairing cars beats cleaning any day of the week.  

With an hour and a half left in our work day, we began returning things to the storage room.  Boxes were cleaned, labeled, and put back in an orderly fashion.  Finally the mammoth job was done, and so were we!  (All done in that is!)

Mechanic Jim and friend were still having fun working on the car, so I decided to tackle the dishes.  With a cook and a cook's assistant, it's rare that I wash dishes.  But the kitchen was a mess and I just couldn't end the day that way.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring?