Solomon - Today was another very long day. It started off very slow and boring but
picked up after the sun came out. Unfortunately, part of my group, including
me, had to work about three hours late.
Needless to say, we ate dinner in a hurry. We then headed to Marshall, where I mostly
slept. We then made a late night sonic
run and I received an AMAZING disc shooter from my secret servant.
JT - Another day has been officially accounted for!
Today we finished up all the walling of our building! And I was super mad that I
wasn’t able to hit a nail today! HAHAHA but it is okay because holding up all
the ply wood this whole week has been a great muscle builder! One other thing
that I absolutely love about this week is all the worship time I have! Because we
get like all day to work and then go to devotional time and then go up to their
church they have here, which by the way is a very nice small church! But then
we went to Sonic today, which was also a great thing about today!!!! Alright
sleepy time!
Cecilia - Woke up today ready for another productive day of
work before the weekend. Before getting started with our work I talked to Wanda
for a while about when she was a little girl. Once we got to the site I went on
the roof with a couple people. Not too long after that, we had to get down
because it started raining which made our next task of digging a little bit
more difficult because it made the mud a lot more difficult to get off of the
shovel. Then we said our goodbyes for the weekend and were on our way to the
showers. When we got we had dinner than got ready for going into the town of
Marshall to listen to Bluegrass music and dance. It was lots of fun! Before we
went home to go to bed we made a stop at Sonic and got shakes. Then went home excited to sleep in the next day.
James - On the occurrence of my awakening I was very startled to find my slumber
had been too excessive and was two minutes short of the time that
breakfast would occur. Luckily I must have anticipated such an incident,
for I had laid my shower bag, work clothes, and morning materials out
already, permitting me to quickly prepare for the day and get to
breakfast while it was still being served nice and hot. The rest of the
day was rather slow, but I was able to accomplish painting approximately
half of the roof today, without it being washed off by the rain this
time!! That was a big relief still seeing it there after the short
torrential downpour, which I spent the duration of under the house with
the kind spider family that consisted of Tory, Kathryla, and Mrs.
Spochin. We went to Marshals today and danced to some bluegrass music, I
also got a call during that from some awesome peeps back home; Colton,
Jordan, and Hannah. Swagsauce. I better wrap up cause it's already past midnight, I'm not sure which would be more difficult to vanquish, a vampire zombie, or a werwhale (werewolf, except a whale). Nikki - We are getting down to detail work outside on our site, which makes the day go kind of slow. There is not enough to keep everyone busy. I felt kind of useless on the job site and just tried to find things to keep the kids moving. There is plenty to do inside. However, there is not room for many more people inside than are already there. I pray that the piles of dirt dry a little over the weekend so that when we are ready to cover everything on Monday, it is easier to shovel & rake to where it needs to be. We have a fun-filled weekend planned. At this point the highlight is that we don't HAVE to be up until 10 am tomorrow. I cannot tell you how I am looking forward to sleeping in. We even taped up black garbage bags over our windows so that we are not awakened by the early morning sun. (Thanks Trish & Jeanette!)
Trish -
Today was a tough day.
We all had a hard time getting motivated and staying motivated
today. It has been a long, hot, dirty
work week. However the Lord has answered
our prayers to keep the rain away so digging has been good but hot.
We were able to finish the trenches, squaring off the D-box
and getting both tanks into that huge hole but our Pastor and about 6 of the
boys stayed behind to get that done so we could all sleep in tomorrow. We had an excavator show up to move the D-box
(which was a large cement box) into place. It was also used to help lower the second tank
into its spot next to the first one. So,
now all we need to do is all the PVC hookups, and the electrical. We did find out today that we have to dig one
more trench about 7 or 8 feet long, 4 inches wide and again 18 inches deep and
that is for the electrical for the septic system. Needless to say that those of us working on
those trenches now call them the traumatizing trenches. It has been a hard week and we all are ready
for a small break. We still have work to
finish and I think a rest from the work to enjoy some fun this weekend, with no
pressure, will help to re-energize us to finish this wonderful work the Lord
has given us to do for the people in need.
We still went into Marshall tonight, just a little on the
later side. We had to wait for the other
half of our group so we could all leave together. We had a great time. Watching and old band play, the kids dancing
with their friends, the adults in our group having conversations with the locals,
in which I was a part of. PK was
chatting with an elderly gentleman and included me in on the conversation. The gentleman complimented me and liked my
hat. He had some very interesting information
about his family and the area. He was
also very funny. I did ask him to dance
but he didn’t take me up on the offer.
We stopped at Sonic (as is ASE’s yearly tradition after
Marshall) to grab some late night goodies.
Some of us walked back. We are
all beat today and look forward to a relaxing day tomorrow. I may even start my journal in the morning
and write sporadically through the day.
I may remember events I wanted to include but have forgotten.
Blessings all, as I lay my head to rest for a much deserved
good night’s rest. (We even used black
trash bags to cover our outside window so we can sleep in tomorrow.)
