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We have been living with sister Andrea for over three months now.  Life's activities, and often its joys, have been put on hold.  Like most of the world, we pay close attention to the news, react accordingly, and prepare for the next day...not knowing for sure what will be.

By June 1st, our mask project had wound down to a crawl, with no more requests coming in.  It was expected of course, and we were pleased to have stepped in when we did to fill a void.  We made in excess of 3,500 masks and distributed them all over the US.  One organization, Backpacks for the Street, got a huge shipment and then received a cash donation of the $360 we had leftover in our donation fund.

By July 1st we had formulated our plan to move on and purchased a fifth-wheel trailer and a truck to pull it.  After two trial runs to iron out the kinks, we departed on August 19th to begin a 14 month road journey winding in and out of hotspots throughout the US as we navigate the Covid-19 landscape.