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Bubble Trouble at Camp Bee · Travel With A Purpose

• 0:05
  Speaker: Hello, fellow Stowjourners.
• 0:07
  Speaker: I'm your host, Dave Leighton, and welcome to Travel with a Purpose, a podcast designed to keep Coach earners and friends informed, entertained, and inspired.
• 0:24
  Speaker: Pearl had been spending long hours in the beehive sewing curtains, repairing cushions, and somehow organizing enough fabric to supply a small country.
• 0:35
  Speaker: Earl noticed she was getting tired, even though she kept insisting she was doing just fine.
• 0:42
  Speaker: That statement alone told Earl she needed h elp.
• 0:46
  Speaker: So Earl decided he would surprise her, not with flowers, not with chocolate, not even with one of his famous I fixed it myself projects that usually require Jay and Joel afterward.
• 1:00
  Speaker: No, Earl was going to do the laundry.
• 1:05
  Speaker: Quietly, secretly, successfully.
• 1:08
  Speaker: At least that was the plan.
• 1:12
  Speaker: Early Tuesday morning, while Pearl was already hard at work in the beehive, Earl snuck into the RV and gathered two baskets of laundry like a man preparing for a classified military operation.
• 1:25
  Speaker: Miles the poodle watched suspiciously from the couch.
• 1:30
  Speaker: Keep this between us, Earl whispered.
• 1:33
  Speaker: Miles barked once, which Earl took as agreement.
• 1:37
  Speaker: Now, the Can't Be laundry room sits close to the tool shed, which for Earl was both convenient and dangerous.
• 1:46
  Speaker: Earl had never successfully passed the tool shed without wandering inside just for a minute.
• 1:53
  Speaker: As Earl carried the laundry baskets toward the laundry room, he noticed Jay standing beside the shed, looking at a pushmore.
• 2:02
  Speaker: Well good morning, Earl, Jay called out.
• 2:04
  Speaker: Got a second?
• 2:05
  Speaker: Those words have started more can't be disasters than anybody cared to count.
• 2:10
  Speaker: Earl set the laundry basket just inside the laundry room door.
• 2:15
  Speaker: Well let me get the laundry going, and I'll be right there, Earl said importantly.
• 2:20
  Speaker: Jay nodded slowly.
• 2:22
  Speaker: Well, this'll only take a minute.
• 2:24
  Speaker: These words were even more dangerous.
• 2:27
  Speaker: Inside the tool shed, Earl quickly became distracted by sockets, extension cords, oil cans, and a mysterious bucket labeled probably useful.
• 2:39
  Speaker: Meanwhile, back in the laundry room, Earl's washer was happily filled with every piece of clothing he'd brought whites, colors, towels, Earl's favorite sweatshirt, one bright red travel with a purpose shirt.
• 2:56
  Speaker: Nature began quietly preparing consequences.
• 3:02
  Speaker: About twenty minutes later, Carol, Jay's wife, wandered by, getting ready to do laundry.
• 3:08
  Speaker: When she opened the laundry door, she froze.
• 3:12
  Speaker: The washing machine was violently thumping around on the floor like it was trying to escape Texas.
• 3:19
  Speaker: She stepped back outside and yelled toward the tool shed.
• 3:23
  Speaker: Earl came running out of the shed holding a crescent wrench.
• 3:31
  Speaker: What?
• 3:32
  Speaker: The washer slammed against the wall again.
• 3:35
  Speaker: Bang.
• 3:36
  Speaker: Soap bubbles were now creeping across the floor toward the dryers.
• 3:42
  Speaker: Pat Rains appeared seemingly out of nowhere, because Pat always appeared when chaos arrived.
• 3:48
  Speaker: Well now, Pat said calmly, that don't look healthy.
• 3:52
  Speaker: Earl lunged toward the washer and opened the lid.
• 3:56
  Speaker: And a mountain of kink foam exploded upward like Mount Vesuvius.
• 4:01
  Speaker: Carrol doubled over laughing.
• 4:03
  Speaker: What did you put in there?
• 4:05
  Speaker: Earl blinked innocently.
• 4:08
  Speaker: Extra detergent.
• 4:09
  Speaker: How much extra?
• 4:11
  Speaker: Carrol asked.
• 4:12
  Speaker: Well, I figured if a little was good.
• 4:15
  Speaker: Pat looked into the detergent bottle.
• 4:18
  Speaker: Earl, this thing is almost empty.
• 4:21
  Speaker: Soap bubbles now floated out the doorway and started to run down the sidewalk.
• 4:27
  Speaker: Ronnie Stewart, who heard all the commotion, walked by, stopped, and stared at the growing foam field.
• 4:34
  Speaker: Well, he said thoughtfully, at least the laundry room floor's clean.
• 4:39
  Speaker: Eventually the washer settled down enough for Earl to restart the load.
• 4:43
  Speaker: That was when Pat quietly pointed into the washer.
• 4:48
  Speaker: Um Earl Earl looked down.
• 4:52
  Speaker: Every white item inside had turned bright pink.
• 4:57
  Speaker: Congratulations, Carol gasped.
• 5:00
  Speaker: You just created the official Camp Bee Valentine collection.
• 5:04
  Speaker: Earl groaned.
• 5:06
  Speaker: And Pearl's favorite sweatshirt, Pat added carefully.
• 5:10
  Speaker: Earl suddenly looked like a man reconsidering if maybe he could quietly skip out of town.
• 5:17
  Speaker: Well just then Pearl walked around the corner carrying fabric samples from the beehive.
• 5:23
  Speaker: She stopped, soap bubbles floated across the sidewalk.
• 5:27
  Speaker: The laundry room door stood ajar.
• 5:30
  Speaker: Carol was laughing uncontrollably.
• 5:34
  Speaker: Ronnie had backed away for safety.
• 5:36
  Speaker: Pat was holding up a pink towel, and Earl stood in the middle of it all looking guilty enough to confess before trial.
• 5:45
  Speaker: Pearl folded her arms.
• 5:47
  Speaker: Earl, what exactly are you doing?
• 5:50
  Speaker: Earl smiled nervously.
• 5:52
  Speaker: Surprising you.
• 5:54
  Speaker: Finally she smiled.
• 6:09
  Speaker: Well, she said sweetly, I appreciate the thought.
• 6:12
  Speaker: Orl brightened immediately.
• 6:14
  Speaker: Really?
• 6:15
  Speaker: Oh yes, Pearl nodded.
• 6:17
  Speaker: And now you can surprise me again by helping clean the laundry room.
• 6:22
  Speaker: Carol nearly fell over laughing.
• 6:25
  Speaker: And from that day forward, whenever Earl disappeared near the tool shed, somebody always asked, Should we check the laundry room too?
• 6:34
  Speaker: Earl's laundry adventure reminds everyone it can't be that helping others comes from the heart.
• 6:40
  Speaker: Sometimes our efforts create soap bubbles, pink shirts, and stories that live on for years.
• 6:47
  Speaker: Yet acts of love and service still matter.
• 6:52
  Speaker: Galatians five thirteen encourages us.
• 6:55
  Speaker: Serve one another humbly in love.
• 6:58
  Speaker: Earl may never become Camp B's official laundry expert, but Earl appreciated the kindness behind the effort.
• 7:05
  Speaker: And around Camp B, that kind of love usually matters more than perfectly folded towels.
• 7:12
  Speaker: Thanks for listening to this podcast.
• 7:15
  Speaker: I invite you to subscribe and share it with others.
• 7:19
  Speaker: I'm your host Dave Leighton, and remember we glorify God as together we travel with a purpose.
• 7:26
  Speaker: Happy sojourning.