Day 3 started off with coffee!!!! Yeah! I needed a cup or two to get going.
We had breakfast at 8am and headed for our first day at the work site.
We briefly met the homeowner, and had a short devotion. Then, the fun began!
Brittany was scared of heights, and doesn't like to get dirty! Oh my! So, I was really proud of her when she climbed the shakiest ladder in the world and tried to do some painting on the trim. Finally, she had to get down, we found her a shorter ladder and she worked a little lower on other trim. Leah, was a little scared of climbing the ladders too, but soon was climbing up and down like a pro! We stressed getting water to stay hydrated, and taking a rest to cool down. I don't know how many have ever been to the coast of Mississippi in July/Aug. but it's hot, humid, and muggy!
Hannah, Kayla, and Aron all did a great job up and down the ladders all day. Everyone took their turn climbing the ladders, and holding the ladders for others. Rick and Doug worked with our contractor butch on learning how to reinforce the beams of the soffits and how to make the soffits and put up facsha, (the board that goes along the front of the soffit). At 3pm we packed up our tools, took the ladders down and stored them out of the way and headed back to camp.
As soon as, we got back to camp we went to the beach and walked into the water and sat down, yes some of us were still in our clothes!!!!!!! It was nice at the beach. There was a nice breeze coming in off the water. When we got back to camp we showered and got ready for dinner. Dinner was at 5pm and worship service was at 8pm. We broke up into small groups after church. We went back to the camp. Most went to sleep, I think mainly because we were all just wiped out from the work of the day, and getting use to the climate and working in the heat.
the 4th day was pretty much the same as the 3rd, but I noticed that Brittany was going up the ladders without the trepidation of the day before. Where she was shying away from us when we poured the paint into her cup, she was pouring her own paint! The guys had figured out what we needed to do as far as the soffits were concerned so was having the kids help them some. Hammers and kids, hmmmm......l
The other youth group leader was having a migraine headache and didn't eat dinner with us or make it to church with us that night.
Kids still went to bed earlier than lights out.
Day 5 was our last full day at the job site. It rained some during the morning but dried out and we kicked butt trying to get as much done as we could! We only had one more morning to get the job done! During the day the brother of the property owner came with a piece of heavy machinery to smash some cars that were in the back and had been there since after Katrina hit. After Katrina the police came around and told people they would have to get their cars that weren't running off the streets. Some were brought out to this property with the promise that the owners would part the cars out and then take them to the crusher. Well, here it is almost 3 years later and they had never heard from the owners, so they parted the cars out and the day we were there they were going to crush them up, put them in a wagon and take them to the junkyard. It's amazing how easily a car can be crushed!!!! It was a great lunch show!
When we got back to camp that's all the kids could talk about!
We had dinner and worship was on the beach that evening. The kids started making friends from other group and stayed up playing Apples to Apples. Until they were told to go to bed.
That was fun.
Thus ends days 3,4, and 5..........
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