Today was our second day on site.
Most of us spent the day working on the one house (out of 7 that are on site) that is supposed to be finished this Saturday. All of the boys except Jumel were able to go on the roof today – which was definitely a highlight for them.
Overall, today was a very joy-filled day. Everyone has been laughing throughout the day and we’ve been able to have fun, while also continuing to make progress on the houses.
Our group as a whole was starting to connect and develop a real sense of teamwork. We also started to get more comfortable with the workers on site. We all have been enjoying our experience with Habitat and have noticed the hospitality that they have shown us.
I know that we have been making a contribution, but to me the work that I’m doing seems very small in comparison to the entirety of effort and work that goes into building a house. However, all of the workers and the people from the Habitat community have expressed their genuine appreciation for the time we are giving to help build these homes.
It definitely puts things into perspective – something that seems so insignificant to me, may make immeasurable differences to other people.
In case people were curious – after our work day is over, we hit the showers then headed back to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, where we have been privileged to stay while on the Collegiate Challenge.
We had some dinner (tonight we had more than plenty of pasta) and generally play a lot of card games – which can get competitive from time to time. The games have served as a great community builder and have resulted in numerous laughs.
Cayley