Good day, good day.
Built 4 houses today. That brings the total to 7. Our goal is 11. As long as it doesn't rain, we're looking pretty good. The plan is 2 tomorrow and then come back to let people take a shopping trip nearby or just relax.
Today we didn't have nearly as tough a time getting in and out of sites. Heck, we even drove up and parked beside our last one. NICE!
Jeff feels better about himself today because when we left the work site, he turned around in the small truck with a three point turn. I, on the other hand, in a bigger, longer van filled with 12 people , took about 9 points. Small victories for small people,
Here's something many of you do not know. Jim Morgan is a very, very good guitar player. He has mentioned this to me in the past, but I'd never seen it until this week. he has played before worship both nights. Not that "Sweet home Alabama" stuff , either. Fancy stuff.
The kids keep coming out every where we work. We saw some today from yesterday's work sites, and they're not real close. We talked about that tonight as a group. Part of why they would come back might be the candy, but a large part of it is the attention they get and the love they feel. Their parents live hard lives and spend most of their day doing stuff to survive. Cutting the fool and making kids laugh is probably not something they have the luxury of doing very often. I can do that and work at the same time,so.....
We have a super group of people here this week. We haven't had to assign any duties around the house because everyone has just stepped up or chipped in. One of the real drags is loading the truck in the morning and unloading it when we get home. Haven't had to ask anyone to do it yet, because they go back and do it on their own.
Thursday night is when we will do food distribution. It has been my favorite part of the past two trips and I'm excited about it this year. I can't wait. The local church goes into a community and passes out approx. 200 tickets, 1 per family. Thursday night they show up with their ticket and go down the line with a bag and we fill it with a predetermined amount of food items. The majority of people are little old ladies and single moms with a ton of kids in tow. The feeling you get when you see their excitement and the looks of gratitude is something I have trouble describing. It hits you deep and stays with you.
The first year we did it, we really had no idea how it would shape up. We walked into a room with a thousand people in it, that had been waiting two hours for us. It gave me chills. I still remember passing out stuff with Christian Davis and doing stupid magic tricks for the people who sat near our spot in the line. He and I got someone to teach us how to say "God Bless You" in their dialect. We butchered it every time, but they smiled when we said it and that was good enough for us.
I don't know if you know who's here, so let me tell you
WILL DEAL/ JANE DODD/ McCALL DUDECK/ JON HILL/ WAYNE HILL/ ASHLEY JOHNSON/ ABBEY LEWIS/ DEWAYNE MALPASS/ JOHN MARCUCCI/ WALTER McCALL/ JIM MORGAN/ DREW PITTMAN/ TWIG ROLLINS/ KELLY SOFFE/ JEFF TANNER/ GINGER TAYLOR/ DON VIGUS/ NOT WES DAVIS(The daily Wes Davis HAMMER TIME #3) and me.
We're here and things are great but continue to pray for us. We need it and desire it. There are still great things to be done here and prayer is how it will be accomplished.
Thanks.
g
P.S. Check out McCall"s post. Without any prompting, she hammers Wes too. Gotta love that. g
Built 4 houses today. That brings the total to 7. Our goal is 11. As long as it doesn't rain, we're looking pretty good. The plan is 2 tomorrow and then come back to let people take a shopping trip nearby or just relax.
Today we didn't have nearly as tough a time getting in and out of sites. Heck, we even drove up and parked beside our last one. NICE!
Jeff feels better about himself today because when we left the work site, he turned around in the small truck with a three point turn. I, on the other hand, in a bigger, longer van filled with 12 people , took about 9 points. Small victories for small people,
Here's something many of you do not know. Jim Morgan is a very, very good guitar player. He has mentioned this to me in the past, but I'd never seen it until this week. he has played before worship both nights. Not that "Sweet home Alabama" stuff , either. Fancy stuff.
The kids keep coming out every where we work. We saw some today from yesterday's work sites, and they're not real close. We talked about that tonight as a group. Part of why they would come back might be the candy, but a large part of it is the attention they get and the love they feel. Their parents live hard lives and spend most of their day doing stuff to survive. Cutting the fool and making kids laugh is probably not something they have the luxury of doing very often. I can do that and work at the same time,so.....
We have a super group of people here this week. We haven't had to assign any duties around the house because everyone has just stepped up or chipped in. One of the real drags is loading the truck in the morning and unloading it when we get home. Haven't had to ask anyone to do it yet, because they go back and do it on their own.
Thursday night is when we will do food distribution. It has been my favorite part of the past two trips and I'm excited about it this year. I can't wait. The local church goes into a community and passes out approx. 200 tickets, 1 per family. Thursday night they show up with their ticket and go down the line with a bag and we fill it with a predetermined amount of food items. The majority of people are little old ladies and single moms with a ton of kids in tow. The feeling you get when you see their excitement and the looks of gratitude is something I have trouble describing. It hits you deep and stays with you.
The first year we did it, we really had no idea how it would shape up. We walked into a room with a thousand people in it, that had been waiting two hours for us. It gave me chills. I still remember passing out stuff with Christian Davis and doing stupid magic tricks for the people who sat near our spot in the line. He and I got someone to teach us how to say "God Bless You" in their dialect. We butchered it every time, but they smiled when we said it and that was good enough for us.
I don't know if you know who's here, so let me tell you
WILL DEAL/ JANE DODD/ McCALL DUDECK/ JON HILL/ WAYNE HILL/ ASHLEY JOHNSON/ ABBEY LEWIS/ DEWAYNE MALPASS/ JOHN MARCUCCI/ WALTER McCALL/ JIM MORGAN/ DREW PITTMAN/ TWIG ROLLINS/ KELLY SOFFE/ JEFF TANNER/ GINGER TAYLOR/ DON VIGUS/ NOT WES DAVIS(The daily Wes Davis HAMMER TIME #3) and me.
We're here and things are great but continue to pray for us. We need it and desire it. There are still great things to be done here and prayer is how it will be accomplished.
Thanks.
g
P.S. Check out McCall"s post. Without any prompting, she hammers Wes too. Gotta love that. g
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g.you're the man. and I miss you.
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