MMAP Kentucky Mountain Bible College, Vancleve, KY

We have been at Kentucky Mountain Bible College for more than two weeks now. Between lack of free time, intermittent internet service, and the new blog format, it has taken me a while to get a blog up! It has been a wonderful experience to work here! We are so blessed to be able to serve our Lord in this way!

There is so much work to do here, so we feel very needed, and they are so appreciative. The students are really friendly, and it is like a family. The oldest staff member is 97 years young who came here for a year in 1939 and never left!!

There is a house on campus that is being remodeled, which is the focus of the project for the men. There are two other couples, and lots of work! They have been installing insulation

and removing

and replacing windows
They were going to have the team repair multiple leaks, but at the last minute they decided to have Paul completely replumb the house. This included removing all of the galvanized and cast iron piping and installing all new Pex plumbing for the water and PVC plumbing for the sewage system. Consequently, Paul spent most of the time working on the new project. He added new valves, shut off, black flow and pressure regulators.

One of the MMAP couples are caretakers for her 51 year old brother who has Downs Syndrome. He was a delight and always ready to help.

The ladies worked a lot harder than usual, putting in over 20 hours a week in an old three story apartment building. We were tasked with painting two apartments on the third floor that will be used for married student housing next fall.

It took at least two coats of Kilz plus three coats of paint for each of the rooms!! Although we are working hard, we enjoyed ourselves!

and in the evening after supper, we played games a couple of nights and even had a singalong!

We ladies treated ourselves to an opportunity offered at the college when the Martin family, of Biblical Discipleship Ministries came for a mini-conference, and we all took advantage of a Radio Revival meeting which was broadcast live for the college-run radio station.

We even took time off and gave blood when the bloodmobile came to the college~

The college also runs a farm to help the college be partially self-supported with meat.

Paul was exited there was a place to take the jeep on a 4WD road to tour the former open-pit coal mine on the property!

We look forward to coming back here in the future. We will be here for the remainder of this week, then on to Indiana. The next blog will be on our weekend outtings while here in Kentucky.