There were three of us at site devotions this morning–Kevin, Lionel and I.

Lionel and I started connecting all the ground straps in the phasor room this morning. I trimmed and rounded the corners on the copper straps and Lionel solder-brazed the connections. While Lionel brazed the connection, I needed to hold the copper down tight. It is amazing how much copper strap warps with heat. In some places it was necessary to extend the ground strap to reach a proper ground point. Precisely at noon, all the ground connections were completed. What a hot job, even with big fans blowing on us.

Virginia made more brownies with walnuts as a snack for a meeting of translators this morning. The TWR hostess must have liked the ones that she made for yesterday’s lunch!

For lunch Virginia made toasted cheese sandwiches and we shared a small bag of Honey BBQ flavored Frito Twists. I really prefer my Fritos untwisted and plain! Took a 15 minute nap with feet elevated before heading back to work.

I spent all afternoon starting to install the connections between all the components of the phasor. To make the job easier requires some planning so that connections that cross ‘walking paths’ are put in last. About a third of the connections were installed today, so with a full day tomorrow the job might be completed, barring any complications.

When I got to the duplex after work, Virginia had left a note that we were invited to the Pedersons for dinner. They live on the other side of the lot south of the duplex, so Virginia had already walked over. I quickly showered and changed clothes. Pedersons prepared what I would call a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables and cranberry sauce. We also had ice cream for dessert. Please pray for their disabled son Joshua, who has some serious pressure sores, and needs to be transferred to better medical facilities to receive skin grafts. They are currently trying to contact a doctor at Duke University where he has previously received medical care.

We finally got back to our duplex a little after 9 pm.