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John Calvin (in the "before" photo) is now in seclusion behind the brown cabinet. With any luck, we'll remember to rescue him at the end of the week when we restore the rooms to their classroom use.
The beds belong to IHN and move from church to church each week. They are exactly like the roll-away beds that a hotel or motel would supply. They are a bit more comfortable than you might expect: IHN has recently purchased a new set of mattresses, and so each bed has one of the old mattresses under one of the new ones.
The beds, a set of large plastic bins with the guests' belongings, and some other furniture items are picked up from the church that's finishing its host week early on Sunday. Later that afternoon they are delivered to the next host church (that's us, today).
At the moment we have two families as our guests. One family is a mom and dad with a two-year-old daughter. The other is a mom with 4 1/2-year-old twin daughters and a 2 1/2-year old son. There's a strong possibility that we will have a third family with us before the week is out. As a result, we set up four rooms this time, three for the families and one for our overnight hosts. All of the classroom things are stored in Misse's storage room in the Children's Ministry Suite or in the "last resort" storage area underneath the church's front porch (you have to go through two sets of doors to get there).
Our guests and hosts joined First Presbyterian's youth group for dinner this evening, and will join the church as a whole for dinner on Thursday. On the other nights, dinner will be provided for the guests and hosts by some of our IHN volunteers.
Everyone was settled in when I left, and a quiet night is anticipated.
A good start to our host week. Stay tuned.
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