Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Reflection: Marianna
Our group has been working on
shingling the roof and replacing the siding of John and Tamera’s house. We
finished the roof yesterday, on Tuesday, so we’ve been working on pulling off
the rotten wood siding and replacing it with new. I spent the first half of the
day pulling a bunch of nails out of the wall, a task that is much more
difficult than it sounds. It had my hands all cramped up and was very
frustrating, but by lunchtime I had figured out a strategy and was pulling
nails out so well Faith called me the reincarnation of Bob the Builder. After
lunch, they were putting up new siding and needed both ladders, and our group
has a lot of people so there wasn’t really any work for me to do. I was sitting
next to the family’s trampoline taking a water break as Danny, one of the kids
there who I think is about five, raced around with a tiny toy stroller going up
and down the siding we had laying out while making race car noises. He brought
over another stroller so I asked him if he wanted to race them, and we had fun
rolling the strollers down the ramp he had built. Braxton, who was two, came
out and sat in my stroller and we started playing chase, me pushing Braxton and
Danny chasing us. We did that until the end of the work day. It was exhausting.
I had so much fun. Braxton gave me a hug when we left, and the group that was
working on the siding got a lot done.
I’ve been having so much fun on
this trip. Me and Faith and Sarah wore my jacket all at the same time and I did
a French accent the whole drive back from the worksite.
I saw God today in Danny and
Braxton, and how much fun they had with something as simple as running around
with strollers shouting. And, at the end of the day there was a huge double
rainbow! The clouds looked so beautiful in between it and it was a full bow and
it was amazing. It was the best day so far.
-Marianna, WPC
Reflection: Anthony
On
Sunday morning I was completely ready for the trip. When we arrived at Denver
airport I began to see something that I never been on was the A320 aircraft.
Our trip was about 5 hours to Pine Ridge, South Dakota, but we did stop at
about 4 stores. When we arrived at team effort it was 10:00. Basically everyone
was amazed at the stars in the sky. The next morning some of the youth was
filling not so good and plus it was my birthday on the 27th. At 8:00
am it was breakfast time and boy that food was good and at 9:00 am was our
worksites. Everyone was slit up in three groups roofing, building and working
with the kids who live in South Dakota during the summer.
My worksite was the roofing. The sun was
steaming the radiant heat on my neck and face. My group did about 90% of the
house and we are still doing more. Going to South Dakota really changed a lot about
how I look at thing and communicate more with people I really don’t know.
-Anthony, UPC
Reflection: Amanda
This morning I woke up feeling
refreshed because for the first time the whole trip, I had gotten a whole night’s
sleep in a real bed. Before, I had to make by in an air mattress that I was
fairly certain had a hole in it. But today I was feeling well-rested and ready
for a day of work! After breakfast, my group, who was working on putting tarp
paper on a roof, set off and got down to business. Little did I know, however,
that the black tarp paper and the beating sun would lead to a very, very hot
afternoon. But of course, with the magic of the WUF Pack, even in the beating
heat I found myself laughing and singing. We worked so hard and even managed to
finish covering the roof! My good night of sleep was put to good use today and I
cant wait for another day tomorrow.
-Amanda, FPC
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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