Rent payment was due on the rent house today, $65.53. Not too surprisingly we didn't have cash in hand so we had to take a loan from the Gathering Hearts employee co-op. At the last employee luncheon, which occurred while we were in the States, they voted to create a co-op whereby each employee would put into a collective savings account a certain amount of money each payday. Then, when someone needs to, they can take out a loan from the co-op at 5% interest. Interest is due at the time of the loan, in our case $3.18, and payments are made on each scheduled payday. In our case we have 30 days to repay the loan. A savings account...not a bad idea. It has been suggested by more than one person that we remodel the rent house and use it to house teams until we get the dormitories finished. It would not take much to turn it in to a pretty nice place. It has two bathrooms, two rooms that could be used for bedrooms as well as a kitchen and other room. This may very well be a good project for some visiting team that doesn't really want to do heavy construction.