Tuesday: Day 2 on the Job

 Today we woke up and headed for breakfast at 8:00. We had biscuits and gravy which was really delicious. We then packed a lunch and left for our work site. At the work site today Joey and I worked to paint the inside of a small shed in the back.  We had to prime it and then put on finishing paint. During the day the temperature was about 95 with a real feal of 113 degrees. We then went and ate at a local park and played uno as a group. After that we went back and finished our projects. We left the site at 3:30 and came back to take a cold shower. After that we had a break and then we had dinner. For dinner we ate chicken Alfredo and some bread. We then had free time and went on a Walmart run and then when we came back we had our group devotions. We talked about our identity and how we view other people. Then we went straight to chapel and continued to talk on identity. Our speaker tonight was Tia who is one of the leaders. She talked about how we should not put our identity in sports or other things that we love but put our identity in Christ. After that we had another group discussion on the chapel and the we playing spoons and other card in the mess hall.

~ Daniel Alsum

This morning is boys woke up around 7:55 and basically went straight to breakfast due to the fact that breakfast starts at 8. When we arrived at breakfast we were welcomed with the smell of biscuits and gravy. After breakfast we got dressed and headed out to our work place. Andrew, Caleb, Mr. Hendrikse, and Mrs. Hendrikse, and I spent the first few hours chopping down something that looked like a palm tree bush with sharp edges. Mr. H and Andrew used machetes and trimmers to cut down the leaves as the rest of us carried them to a dump pile. Meanwhile the girls painted along with Daniel and Joey. Within the first few minutes Mr. H had thrown a branch at Caleb on accident as caleb had “walked into his firing range” (or whatever mr. H called it) leaving Caleb with a scar from his lip to past his nose. Eventually we headed to a park for a lunch break and enjoyed some uno. Even though some of us thought we should be playing it in a certain way and others a different way. When lunch finished we went back to work all of us painting. We eventually wrapped up and headed back. Once we got back we all showered and then us boys sat in our beds enjoying the air conditioning. Considering outside felt like 100+ degrees. Then we headed to eat dinner which consisted of something along the lines of chicken Alfredo. Afterwards our group headed to Walmart and then came back for some devotion time before chapel. After devotions we entered chapel where we talked about the woman and the well and how it connected to identity. After chapel our group enjoyed games together like spoons with our leader Monet. Then we headed back to our rooms to get some rest before the next day.

~ Jackson Kiel

I assure you Caleb is fine.  I have been getting grief for this all day:)

~ Mr. Hendrikse

Biscuits and gravy for breakfast!

Packing our lunches

Loading up the vehicles

Short demo and game before getting to work

The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

These things are big!

Painting inside the shed

Knocking down unwanted bushes and other vegetation

Easy to cut yourself if you're not careful!

Finished painting the lattice today. Installation tomorrow!

It was hot today - especially when you're in a spot with no air flow!

Painting the downspouts. 

We primed two walls in a little girl's room. Tomorrow comes the purple:)

I know. We're caught up in the temp, but IT'S HOT.  A feels like of 113.

Much needed water break

Monet, Tia and Kevin - Leaders at the camp.  Monet is our group's leader for the week. We've really enjoyed working with her and getting to know her and how God's been working in her life.

Tia sharing at worship tonight. Tonight's talk revolved around the story of the woman at the well.

A couple shots of our Bible study time

A little Skipbo before bed

Intense game of spoons

Feels like in the mid 90s, but a beautiful night.