Gearing Up

For the first time, the Free Methodist Annual Conference will be held at Roberts Wesleyan College. It is their sesquicentennial - what better time to be where their founder B. T. Roberts invested so much time and work. We have been preparing happily. I say we. I really mean certain people in the organization have been working to spruce up the place and prepare for the arrival of 1500 people who will stay on campus, plus another 1000 or so who will commute in during the day.

The grounds look spectacular - even more than usual. The buildings have been gone over to make sure we are putting our best foot forward. Even VAC got a temporary air conditioning unit installed - a refrigerated truck running outside and pumping cold air into the gymnasium. Clever.

Here in the Library we were able to hire an assistant to help our archivist go through materials and put up a stellar display which will remain available through homecoming this year at least. I even brought in my sister's dress form to display a beautiful and old dress (and tiny! - she must have been a size 0 or less).

Perhaps we should host a conference more often. It has been a refreshing breath of delight to spiffy up and see what all we have that we tucked away. Of course, the people who have been out there painting scrubbing and weeding probably don't agree!