It
was a bright and early 6:00am wake up for us hard working individuals. The sun
was shining and the air was clear and HUMID! We had the most amazing breakfast
y'all have ever tasted. Thank you Ladies.
We
were split into 2 crews. Most of the girls decided that they would choose to be
part of Karalee so called painting crew. Ryan D was extremely disappointed when
he was told that the girls crew put their lunches in the red cooler and boys in
the blue cooler. Ryan was working in the girls crew so it wasn't the girls
crew… The other crew was headed by Lloyd.
Karalee's
crew had a great, chill and fun day! We spent the first part of the day
cleaning our home which we were working on. We all expected to be painting and
tiling a finished home, but upon arrival we discovered very quickly that the
house was not ready for the stage in construction. Painting, cleaning, siding
and chatting were our days jobs. We had a lovely bag lunch and a few of us had
a quick nap! Our day quickly changed when we had to move sites. Our day's jobs
and activities were slim but y'all better believe me when I say we are ready to
work!
The
manly crew (plus Jaye , Sarah, Kelsey, and Crystal) aka Lloyd's crew took on a
exterior renovation. The eighteen year olds jumped up on the roof and quickly
tore off the old shingles. Once
the shingles were off we quickly discovered that there were many boards the
needed to be replaced. The rest of us young people took to re-painting the
exterior of the house. When the
day started the house was a shade of blue with red trim. By days end the house
was a beautiful shade of yellow with blue trim. All day long mother nature was
threatening us with the chance of a thunder storm. Luckily the rain avoided us
and we were able to turn a three day job into a one and half day job.
The
day wrapped up with a life guard coming out to Camp Christian and we were able
to go swimming in the pool here. The day is finishing with Wally F trying hard
to get his name in the blog, games, night lunch and an argument on how to
pronounce Cheyenne. Hope the day was good y'all!
By:
Matty Stefaniuk and Kenna Forrester
(and Josh Isaak)
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| Demo begins! |
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| Hard but satisfying work. |
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| Morgan, Kelsey and Josh were part of a large painting crew |
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| Josef and Crystal handle the porch. |
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| Matt R. repairs a window. |
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| Mom Nancy and son Travis work side by side on the metal skirting. |
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| Painting was the order of the day for Lauren and Kenna. |
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| Holly on the caulking gun. |
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| Derek and Ryan on grunt labor. |
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| Hard day's work rewarded with a cooling swim. |
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| Josh hits his mark! |
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| Splash attack! |
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| Games in the common area round out a busy day!
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**Apologies for the late postings. Internet connections have been hard to come by! There may be a double posting tonight. All is well and the students are working hard and learning lots!
