Izzy - Wednesday
Day 6
Today we were done with demo aside from the stairs so we got to work on actually building the deck. We had to redo a couple things over and over again but it was a learning experience. On the bright side the home owner bought us all cheeseburgers for lunch which was so nice of her and I know it made my day. She also talked about some history behind the house again today which was again very interesting to hear. But aside from that the deck is coming along fairly well! I got to use a nail gun today which was lots of fun!
Nikki - Wed & Thur (really it's early Friday morning - I think!)
For those who aren't aware, the schedule here at servant is lights on at 6:15 am and lights out at 11:00 pm. There are things happening all day long with only short bits of free time. We have reached the point where the youth have built relationships with eachother, PK and PC have started talking about going home, everyone is overtired and they want to spend every opportunity either spending time with eachother or sleeping.
This girl here chose to go to bed before midnight the last two nights rather than write journals, post what Izzy wrote or prod the other Our Savior youth to send me journals before bed. Someone in my room had their alarm set for 5:00 am and didn't turn it off promptly - so you get journals this morning!
I am hearing good reports from all the work sites and about our youth. You should all be proud of the work they are doing.
Kaidence ended up on the septic site with me. Wednesday afternoon she uncovered a surprise in our bottom trench. It first appeared as the end of a black corrugated pipe. I was called over to take a look at it. Immediately took a photo and sent it to Rich, whose license we operate under. While waiting for a response from Rich I exposed it a little more, knowing he would need to see more. I found an EZ flow sock. Now the homeowner had shared a at some point that someone had once helped Granny out with the septic. He didn't have any paperwork or information and no permits were pulled, as the county has no information on it.
Rich came to look Wednesday afternoon. We left the work site Wednesday leaving Rich waiting for the county inspector, unsure if we would be able to continue. Thursday morning Rich met us at the worksite. Rich says "Now this is what we call bootleg." Paraphrasing the rest - someone tried to help and take care of something here but didn't do it properly. Now it is interfering with us being able to do it properly. We don't know exactly where the rest of the EZ flow and how much it would interere with our trench. As Rich said - this could be a whole lot of digging to find out if you can dig or not.
We are no longer able to work in the bottom trench, which has contaminated soil. We are finishing the top trench and will make connections. Rich & Seth & the county inspector are working togather to determine the best plan forward for the bottom trench, so that this family will still have a working septic that will allow them to get their water turned back on and continue to live in their home.
TTFN - I hear the rooms being awakened. Time to go get ready for another day.
