Thursday, July 12, 2007

Team 26 Wednesday work

We all had another VERY productive day. The final tally of Ohio people here is at 115, but there are also three other groups of up to 20 who are working in town this week so we are an obvious presence here with a population of 2700. Many jobs were completed today and people are starting new tasks tomorrow.

Everyone went on fun trips tonight. Some to Harry Potter, some out to restaurants, and the New Life group got a boat ride from the man who docks this boat next to their project house.
Jim Gaul, and the Westerville Schools group spent the day painting and cleaning. Some worked to build up the church building's electrical, plumbing, and drywall.
Gotta make your work fun...
Here's the group picture from the Westerville Schools group from the restaurant they ate at tonight.
Ms. Nancy who's house we are rebuilding turned up with Watermelon for the volunteers this afternoon. The temperatures have really been unbearable, but I have yet to hear anyone really complain or whine. I'm really impressed with the groups we have and feel immensely blessed to get to serve with them.
The King's house is coming along, but there is a lot of work left to do. More volunteers will work there tomorrow and Friday to try to finish as much as possible. We're hoping to raise some more funds to get replacement glass for windows that were broken during the storm.
South Dayton Church of Christ Flat cleared off the storm damaged house next to the park.
Matt Moon and the Minions have nearly completed the awning they've been designing and building all week.

Macey from the Sunbury United Methodist group paints trip with Timi who lives at their project house. 25% of the population is Vietnamese/Lao shin/Cambodian as the boat people after the war were settled here.

With this many people in camp, it's impossible to enumerate all the work we complete in a day each night. I can't reach all the people with cameras and stories are harder to come by, but keep checking back the rest of the week to share in our experience.

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