A life of significance is about serving those who need your gifts, your leadership, your purpose. – Kevin Hall
This morning crews headed out to two different sites. One group went to the Itmann Food Bank in Mullens to continue to paint the floor. By lunchtime they made a lot of progress so that after lunch they were able to finish, other than a small strip leading from the door to one of the bathrooms. Why, you may wonder would leave this last strip unpainted? Well the PVs are doing an emergency plumbing fix for a leaky pipe this afternoon… no job is too small!!!
The other group of volunteers went to our home repair site in Bud that we started this spring with Northern Illinois University. We will be at this site for several days, but today’s group did a great job starting up for the summer. Part of the group were tasked with removing an old, collapsing back porch to that we can replace it with a small platform and ramp. The home owner has some health problems that make climbing the steep front steps difficult. (In all honesty, we all have a hard time climbing those steps.) Not only will the ramp help with accessibility into the house, at the moment they do not have a safe second exit from the house in case of emergency. The destruction went great even when they had to remove a “tree” that was in their way. Why all of this was happening, volunteers worked around front to shore up the steps to make them safer to use and replaced the front door that was rusting. The lumber is set to be delivered early in the morning (thanks Priddys!) so we should be off and running with the ramp tomorrow.
After a long hard day, we were all ready for dinner! Tonight we were treated to shepard’s pie, both a traditional one and a veggie one. Served alongside the shepard’s pie we had salad and homemade cookies. I am loving the run of comfort foods we are having each night!
Reflection tonight focused on the starfish parable and helping in any little way we can. Everyone shared an experience from their day when someone made a difference to them or when they made a difference to someone else.