Wednesday, June 19th

      Today, Team 1 finished up the floor and built 2 walls.  We talked to the carpenters and discovered many interesting stories about them.  After working hard for 4 hours, we broke for lunch and had our group devotional.  We had a wonderful group discussion and ended refreshed and ready to work. lunch we worked hard for 4 more hours, even going past 4 by 3 minutes!!!!!  Afterwards Ed thought that we deserved a treat, so we went to McDonalds and got some ice cream/McFlurries.  Ed reminded us that he only has two rules: one, you must always wear a seatbelt, and two, you must never start a sentence with the word “me.” We had a wonderful day and will have many more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     After a frustrating first day of work on Monday for team two Wednesday was an exuberating second day of work. When we first got to our worksite everyone was excited to see that the brush we had cleared had been removed by some workers. Within three hours our group dug up enough dirt to even out the ground so we could build our wall (again). McCartney battled a huge tree root, and eventually won, even after our chain saw lost; he was victorious.  After evening out the ground our carpenter, Josh, taught us a new technique of laying the bricks and getting around large roots. Our wall was built! It was liberating to know we had finally completed a task.  We then laid gravel behind the newly built retaining wall and it was beautiful. After the gravel was laid McCartney and John took a nice nap on the gravel. After our fulfilling day at the worksite, Sean decided to be nice and we drove to the McDonald’s and ate cold desserts to cool us off.

     Today, in Team 3 we moved all the tiny cement blocks from the porch into a giant cement pile. The cement pile ended up in 2 different places. The dog (Hammer) got into our lunch cooler and ate Jack and Lynda’s sandwich. We also got to know our carpenters for the 1^st time they are really nice and interesting. They told some very nice stories and it was great to connect with them. It was very hot out today so we had to take frequent water breaks.

Here are some photos of our work!