Today we started out a bit later than yesterday after breakfast and a morning devotion by Morgan and Janice, who read from Matthew 6 about doing the work for God and not for our earthly pride benefit. At the work site a group of us worked to finish the roof, which we got done all but the angle, we discovered that our contractor is Kirk, not Kurt, and we continued to pull down the old siding. Once a wall had been cleared of siding we could put on the plywood and the tarvac paper to keep the moisture out before getting started on windows and new siding. Some of the windows got enlarged so we had to get help from Kirk to re-frame the area.
Lunch today was wonderful, provided by the Georgetown Presbyterian Church for us and a group from St. Louis and Ohio working with Habitat here in town. We had pork loin, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad and fabulous desserts. We worked for a bit more in the afternoon, finally starting the siding on one wall of the house (its a small ranch house, probably built in the 60s) and found two old PBR bottles in the walls when we opened them up. Because we were going to meet the Virginia Tech Wesley Missions Team for dinner, we left the site early to get cleaned up and drove down to Mt. Pleasant, almost in Charleston where we met up with them for a spaghetti dinner and worship.
We had some great moments today, lots of laughs and lots of moments with God's presence around us. The homeowner, Sandra is just so full of graciousness and thanks. Amanda got to hear her story more than the rest of us, but we've all heard bits and pieces. She says some days are tough, but she knows that God will provide for her and her family and that helps her get through it. It was amazing to see Allyson and Emily playing with the kids when they got off the bus, racing to certain points and laughing. This evening at worship with Tech we heard from some people about their experience with missions. Emily talked about being able to help, even if people tell us we're too young, and remembering that part of the experience is about meeting people and hearing their stories. Rebecca talked about her experiences and how they've changed her and taught her to live the scripture. Then two Tech students talked, one about his many experiences here in the area and one girl about her experiences in Haiti in January. She was actually there during the earthquake so it was a real gift to hear her speak.
It was a really good but exhausting day, so we're off to bed now. Blessings!
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