Habitat build Day 4 - Day Nine! in total
Pretty sure we are all in a semi-state of
wetness! The humidity prevents
anything from completely drying here.
We had a pretty extreme thunder shower last night, complete with a light
show and sky bowling.
Unfortunately it kept half the group up for half the night, but no
matter! We worked as hard today as
every other day. The crew again
split up into 2 main groups, umm one crew consisting of mainly 18 year olds
went back to the house they had been working at all week to finish roofing the house. They also did some sweet painting and
built an ingenious bridge to cross troubled waters, (aka. a small stream)! There also had a small group that split
off to help with a different project.
Nick and Brayden had fun dressing up in costumes that the homeowner had
from his former dancing days. The
second group went to a new house that was going to a man named Sheperd from
Zimbabwe who had six children. He
came by to help with the painting despite having knee surgery last week. The house was a beehive of activity as
we ran from room to room trying to discern whether or not we could paint the
next coat of white over the exact same colour. We got up close and personal as we all crammed into closets
trying to paint every nook and cranny.
Cries of "Wally!" could be heard echoing through the house as
we all demanded more paint of eggshell and satin. 'Where's Wally?' became a very popular game. Eventually he would bark out orders and
tell us where to put the next layer of paint. During lunch hour our supervisor, Elizabeth, instructed us
in the ways of American accents.
She entertained us in her imitation of Canadian accents and taught us
the proper way to say Minnesota and y'all! Our day was filled with radio jamming and paint wars. Kenna, Trissy and Gabby went to a
nearly completed house close by to put the finishing touches on it. The workday concluded with more rain
and some epic card games. The
night ended with gratis and preparations for leaving for home tomorrow. Tonight
is our last night at Camp Christian.
Goodnight y'all!
Mackenzie, Kathleen and Jenae
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| Liam and power tools . . . is this a good idea? |
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| Landon and Matt working hard to finish the roof before the end of the week. |
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| Sarah working tries her hand at painting after two days shingling on the roof. |
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| Kelsey completes the front of the porch. |
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| Jaye has a face to face meeting with the man of the house - two year old Chase. |
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| Brayden and Nick work with our bus driver Martin at Henry Hall's house |
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| "Where's Wally?" Oh there he is! |
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| Mackenzie and Jenae comparing tongues after a much needed popsicle break! |
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| This is what we live for! Riding in the back of a pick up truck. Ryan, Matt, Derek and Morgan. |
The students are working Friday morning before we pack up to hit the road again. Some of the students desperately want to finish some of the jobs that they began this week. They already are attached to the home owners. We will be leaving Mobile at about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. We have had a great week! See y'all soon!
Special thanks to my kitchen crew . . . Diane, Joan and Jenn. Thanks for all the hard work and great meals we managed to produce! We had a great time too!
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| The ladies of the kitchen. |
