Hi Y'All!
Today was our first work day. We met Mrs. Henrietta Smith and her family. She is an older lady who cares for her 85 year old brother who is deaf, blind and unable to speak. She also cares for her 2 grandsons who are in kindergarten and grade 2. Her house has already had a lot of work, but there is still so much to do.
The biggest job will be stripping the paint for the house's exterior. It is a tiring job over time as many of the youth could tell you! The other jobs included mudding and sanding the back room and living room. We put primer on the kitchen, living room and back room as well. The living room even got its first coat of paint. There was also framing and repairs to be done to the house's exterior. It is hard to imagine this family has been staying in this house like this since 2005.
Mrs. Henrietta spent the day in the back rooms with her boys and a friend while we literally took over her home. She was very gracious and thankful.
This will be a lot of hard work this week. We instituted scraping competitions to give motivation after awhile. Aaron and Cam pulled off an impressive win with some very hard work! We hope to figure out some good motivators along the way for when bodies start to get weak. It is our hope that we can finish our tasks this week, but it will take a strong will!
Last night we had our first large group and small group time. Our new friends from Church joined us as well! Natasha, Chris, Caitlin and Reuben led us with some amazing worship songs! I spoke about living with purpose,community and working as a team. We played some games to get to know eachother better which turned out to be a great time! We broke into small groups and prayed together. It was a great way to start our week together.
Unfortunately we had a rain storm today so our work day ended a little earlier than expected. Some people stayed until 4, but unfortunately there just isn't room for all of us in her house. We are really hoping that we can get some better weather this week as we have SO much work to do on the outside. Light rain is workable (perhaps with makeshift raincoats) but thunder and lightning is a whole other story.
Take care! Julie
Monday, March 10, 2008
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Keep up the good work. It's hard to imagine having to wait over 2 years to get your home repaired!!!!
The "dad" refers to Reuben's dad not the dad of the whole group!!!
Glad to hear that you had safe travels! We'll pray for your work to be productive, and for everyone to stay motivated!
Hey you guys! Thanks for keeping the blog updated. We're happy to hear that things are going well and will continue to pray for you all! We'll try to get some of this snow melted before you come home.
hey!! glad to hear from you guys!!
hope you're having fun and getting lots of work done :P we're all praying for you back home. thanks for setting up the blog...its nice to hear what your all doing down there. Talk to you soon..:)
btw anonymous is brittany..:P
Hey y'all! Glad to hear all is going well. Thanks for keeping the blog and pics up. Great boxer run, Chris! Praying that the work will go well, the weather will be fine, and the food even better, thanks to Graham!
HI Everyone. Glad to be able to read all about everything and that you guys are kepted very busy. Love the pictures! Send more if you have time.....and get Anna into some of them instead of behind the camera!!!!! Nice beach-much better than alll the snow we have here......We'll keep praying for you all, stay safe and enjoy yourselfs. From Carol Forrest
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