Culture Clash

 Today was a gloomy "wet" day, but we were still able to get lots of work done.  One weather page said it was going to be clear early afternoon and rain the rest of the day.  Another weather page said it was going to rain early and be clear the rest of the day.  Luckily they were both right on parts and wrong on others.  It looked like it was going to rain all day, but only really rained before breakfast and during lunch.    

Each team is progressing nicely and working hard.  We may not be able to finish all of the projects we came to start, but it is clear the youth can tell that God is using them to bless the families we are working alongside.  

Brian and Karen's Group

Today was quite interesting.  We got there in the morning and got right to it. We got a lot of work done in the limited time we had before lunch.  We were worried that we might not be able to go back after lunch but God cleared up the weather for us to be able to make it and get even more work done.  We were very proud of what we accomplished. The job we had was putting insulation and siding on.  Hunter, Jacob, and Austin took ownership of the back of the house and are determined to finish it on their on by the end of the week. 

Kim and Tony's Group

Today went real well. We got lots of work done. Today my group replaced three more windows, and we painted four. The gentlemen work hard hard and installing the windows, and worked at finishing the windows (trimming, painting, caulking). The girls also played a lot with the babies!  The babies were so cute.  There is also a "pet goat" that hangs around our site!  Max and Andrew W. basically took on a window all on their own and installed a window completely by themselves!  Our group may be done Thursday afternoon and get to go help another group finish up their project! 

Liz and Randy's Group

Today we have started to build parts for the house, the siding mostly.  There was a killer load of hornets. I think we are slowly impacting and changing the homeowners’ lives with every small action at a time. Our group has become more connected, we’ve even given each other nicknames and a team name. Elijah is buzz, Alex is ladder trauma, LT for short, Andrew is baby face, Paige is pip, Justin is blue, Destiny is biggy smalls, Ja’Niya is squeaky, Randy is superman, and Liz is named lucky. WE ARE THE WASP WARRIORS!!!!!!

 

 Tonight we had a bit of a culture clash.  There was a local bluegrass/gospel band that played for the camp.  They played "old time" bluegrass and there were lots of blank stares from our youth! :-)  They were very talented musicians...but in the opinions of most of the youth, many songs "sounded the same".   It was a good "cultural" experience for our group.  

It's a short post tonight because we are all tired!  

We'll check in tomorrow!  Depending on the weather, we'll either be bowling or at the water park!