You'll find a wrap up of each job site below!
We will be getting up and we'll be out of here by 7 am tomorrow!
Its been a great week, but an exhausting week as well.
We did not finish all of our jobs, but we had a few that were basically impossible to finish in a week. The poverty level here is simply mind blowing.
I believe all the youth have had a great week, but I think many of them are also ready to be home and back to their cell phones as well!
See you all soon!
Brian and Karen’s
Group
Today was a very productive day; we completed our goal for
the week, which was to finish siding on three sides of the house. Everybody
worked really hard to try and get the work done. For our homeowner we gave her a
picture frame of our picture in it and we all signed it. We noticed she had
many pictures hanging up in her house so we thought that would be something
special to her. We also took two pieces of wood and nailed them together to
make a cross. We painted it blue and put all of our figure prints on it in
white. We thought that would be a good way for her to remember us. We had a
very good week full of working hard and having fun. We were very happy with
what we completed and glad we got the chance to work on this house.
Tony and Kim’s Group
Today we arrived, tired out from our week’s toils, but ready
to offer comfort to Mrs. Sarah and her two grandsons (Payton and Kenneth). We
arrived, however, to find the boy’s other grandmother watching them while Mrs.
Sarah visited her daughter WHO HAD ONLY A BROKEN TOE in the hospital. (Miracles
of God!) We started off our day with a
devotion telling us to hang in there for the last day and to lean on God for
our strength. Then we gave the grandsons their gifts, a football for 11 year
old Kenneth and a Frisbee for 7 year old Payton. They immediately ran outside
to play as the rest of us got to work cutting wood, caulking windows, and
hammering nails. Payton and I finished making and painting a “table” for his
mother, who ended up being able to come home that day! We were packed up;
almost ready to go when their car pulled up and let Mrs. Sarah out. We hurried
in and she loved our gifts as we presented them to her. She went on and on
about how blessed she was and how blessed her daughter was to be as fortunate
as they were. (Note: without iPods, cool phones, reliable Internet—she felt
BLESSED! I almost wish I grew up like her!). We ended up with her crying for
joy (Mya with her), before we all hugged her goodbye and headed off in the vans
to Randy’s worksite where we moved some materials around and returned back to
the settlement.
Randy and Liz’s Group
Today was our very last day at our work site. It was a very
hard and productive day. Even though we did not finish we still worked really
hard. We started off the day with barely any of the siding on the front finished
and the back wasn’t even started. By the end of the day, we finished with most
of the back and front completed. Today we also gave our homeowner a gift. We
gave him a fruit basket, a picture, and a toy for his dog, Duke. He seemed
overwhelmed, but you could really tell that he really appreciated all we were
doing for him. Coming into this week, we didn’t really know the people in our
group very well, but as the week progressed we really bonded and became a big
family! We have had an amazing trip and we feel so blessed to have had this
opportunity.
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