By now you are all wondering what we are doing up here in the mountains. We have no cell reception and no way to contact you (except amazingly we have wifi!). Right now, I am sitting between two really cool people. Sam is so clean. Lauren E smells real bad. We have had a long day of work at three different sites and we are all waiting our turns to get to the showers. Here is a breakdown of our teams:
1. The orange team was digging out a mountain to install a railroad retaining wall. It is an overwhelming task but there were too many smiles and laughs to count. We spontaneously broke into song, hi-ho, hi-ho its off to work we go and then named ourselves each after our favorite dwarf. (Orange Team: Dan R, Hallie, Jemma, Lauren A, Lauren E, Tanner, Todd)
2. The yellow team was digging a very long ditch to make a french drain. There were tons of rocks so it felt like a chain gang out there. Shady in the morning but hot in the afternoon. The owner of the house blared bluegrass all day to complete the Appalachian experience. To quote Sam, "Digging is not really fun, but at the end of the day, it feels good to help people." (Yellow Team: Caroline, Dean, Deanna, Eddie, Kevin, Sam, Tina)
3. The purple team had the most technical job. Crawling into a 3' tall crawl space under a mobile home digging foundation holes was a bit dirty to say the least. Due to a broken saw, they cut rebar by hand with a hack saw. What fun! This is one group of tough cookies. (Purple team: Brandon, Dan C, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Maureen, Paul)
6 comments:
Rest well, you hard-working group of wonderful people! We'll be praying for you and looking forward to hearing all about the trip when you get back!
So grateful for the update. Sending prayers for everyone. I hope Lauren got that shower!!
Hey, Todd, maybe you can ask for some Toby Mac instead of bluegrass? Dean would probably appreciate it! :-)
Keep the updates coming! So glad everyone got there safely.
Hi MT09 Peeps ~ Hope you are having a remarkable trip!! You are loved and thanked for all your hard work and sweat. Looking forward to seeing pictures (hopefully) soon :)
Hi to all; sounds like some quality work coming from that LifePointe group! Hope it's not raining on your there like it is in Raleigh. Sorry to hear about the cell phones; you may have to give Lauren A. a sedative:) Glad you had a safe trip and keeping you in our prayers. Lauren A-take your meds!
Gayla J
Hi to all,
Sounds like there is so quality work coming from you guys! Hope it's not raining there like it is in Raleigh. Sorry to hear about the lack of cell phone service, but glad to hear you had a safe trip up. How will the girls live without texting? Lauren A, be sure to take your meds! Rock on...Gayla J
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