POV Presbytery of Ohio Valley Mission Trip 2000!

Participants:

Unity Presbyterian, Terre Haute, Indiana
  • Adam Buck
  • Christopher Ebert
  • Luann Modessit
  • Dorothy Rosene
  • Elizabeth Yates
  • Sara Yates
 Central Presbyterian, Terre Haute, Indiana
First Presbyterian Church, Brownstown, Indiana Nabb/Trinity Presbyterian Churches, Nabb, Indiana

Destination: Beattyville, Lee County, Eastern Kentucky

Our Host Organization: Kentucky Small Farms, Inc., serving low-income families in three counties. Leroy and Trish Brandenburg, 756 Davidson Road, Beattyville, KY 41311 (606)464-3543

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SUNDAY  Leaving Terre Haute - Unity and Central; First Presbyterian of Brownstown; Nabb Presbyterian
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SUNDAY  Arriving at Faith United Methodist Church, Beattyville, KY
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SUNDAY  Relaxing at Faith United Methodist
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MONDAY After painting and picking apples with Odell Estes, Lee County. We ran into Odell on Friday in town -an unexpected treat! Devotions circle every night at 10:00, then bed at 11:00 (maybe)
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MONDAY  Dinner at Stanton Presbyterian Church; Rev. David Rule, Pastor Emeritus, tells history
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TUESDAY Before the rain at Leroy Brandenburg's Farm (Kentucky Small Farms, Inc.)..."Come on, goats!!"
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TUESDAY  Torrential downpour and thunderstorm at the Cathedral Domain, Episcopal Camp in Lee County
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TUESDAY  Kentucky Small Farms Food Pantry with Leroy Brandenburg and Danny; McGuire Memorial Presbyterian freshly painted Sunday School room. Ruth with Trish Brandenburg
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TUESDAY  St. Helens Presbyterian Church with church member Edith Little
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TUESDAY NIGHT  "Female Intuition" contest :-) WEDNESDAY   Breakfast cooks and pancakes!
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WEDNESDAY Visiting Guerrant Church in Jackson; thanks to Dana Magee for lunch
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WEDNESDAY  Morris Fork Crafts, Morris Fork Church, Swimming at Buckhorn Lake
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WEDNESDAY  Buckhorn Lake Area Church; Brad's father Bill Napier explains the history
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WEDNESDAY  Dinner! And the bat from the belfry with the tracker pipe organ
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WEDNESDAY  Another group picture (16..15..14.. smile); and Cow Creek Church with pastor Joe Powlas
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THURSDAY  7 a.m. wakeup call (6 a.m. IN time!) - who's awake?? Men's room - the ONLY shower (for 19 people!)
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THURSDAY  Finished painting May Lynn's house and ate a major feast at lunch; Baby goats Ruth and Cate.
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THURSDAY NIGHT  McGuire Memorial Presbyterian Church, Beattyville, Kentucky. Another Dinner! Speaker is Nina Cockerham from Beattyville with lay pastor Dewayne Estes.
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FRIDAY  Ale8-1 the high-caffeine Eastern Kentucky soft drink; toy soldiers; stormy night sky
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FRIDAY  Trip to Natural Bridge -- Sky Lift, Our Group at the Top
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FRIDAY NIGHT Lots of nonsense, if you know what we mean!
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SATURDAY Up all night, left early, everyone slept all the way home except the drivers and Beth! Pizza at Nabb
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MAP OF THE REGION Shows Terre Haute, Brownstown, Nabb, and the Lee County area of Eastern Kentucky. Click to enlarge the map. We drove 985 miles on this trip, nearly 400 of those in the Eastern Kentucky mountains.
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For suggestions or comments, e-mail Bruce McLaren at b-mclaren@indstate.edu. Last revised 7-20-2000, 7:55pm.