“i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” e.e. cummings

Happy fourth of July!!! We hope you and your families had a wonderful day. We had the unique situation in that all of the home owners whose houses we were working on were going to be away for the fourth, so we needed to find some alternative activities. We search high and low for festivals and fourth of July fun, only to find the closest thing like that was in Fayetteville. We decided to give everyone options of different activities that they could do and let everyone choose, much like job sites.

The one “site” that pretty much everyone signed up for was a guitar making workshop that was help at the school by two of our talented volunteers. PV’s constructed guitars our of cigar boxes and lumber. It was amazing to watch them come into being. We will post pictures at the end of the week.

In the afternoon people went swimming, hiking, for a drive around the county. at about 1:30 the skies open up and we had quite a down pour with huge wind gusts that knocked a tree down near by, that in turn knocked our power out for what ended up being over six hours. Not only the power, but about four hours into it, our water since it was being run by an electric pump. Everyone was very flexible and made the best of it. We had sandwiches for dinner and we did jobsites by flashlight. Just as we were wrapping up jobsites that power came back on and was back to “normal.” After a strange beginning of the week, everyone is set and excited to go out on sites tomorrow.

“i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” e.e. cummings

Happy fourth of July!!! We hope you and your families had a wonderful day. We had the unique situation in that all of the home owners whose houses we were working on were going to be away for the fourth, so we needed to find some alternative activities. We search high and low for festivals and fourth of July fun, only to find the closest thing like that was in Fayetteville. We decided to give everyone options of different activities that they could do and let everyone choose, much like job sites.

The one “site” that pretty much everyone signed up for was a guitar making workshop that was help at the school by two of our talented volunteers. PV’s constructed guitars our of cigar boxes and lumber. It was amazing to watch them come into being. We will post pictures at the end of the week.

In the afternoon people went swimming, hiking, for a drive around the county. at about 1:30 the skies open up and we had quite a down pour with huge wind gusts that knocked a tree down near by, that in turn knocked our power out for what ended up being over six hours. Not only the power, but about four hours into it, our water since it was being run by an electric pump. Everyone was very flexible and made the best of it. We had sandwiches for dinner and we did jobsites by flashlight. Just as we were wrapping up jobsites that power came back on and was back to “normal.” After a strange beginning of the week, everyone is set and excited to go out on sites tomorrow.

“i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.” e.e. cummings

Happy fourth of July!!! We hope you and your families had a wonderful day. We had the unique situation in that all of the home owners whose houses we were working on were going to be away for the fourth, so we needed to find some alternative activities. We search high and low for festivals and fourth of July fun, only to find the closest thing like that was in Fayetteville. We decided to give everyone options of different activities that they could do and let everyone choose, much like job sites.

The one “site” that pretty much everyone signed up for was a guitar making workshop that was help at the school by two of our talented volunteers. PV’s constructed guitars our of cigar boxes and lumber. It was amazing to watch them come into being. We will post pictures at the end of the week.

In the afternoon people went swimming, hiking, for a drive around the county. at about 1:30 the skies open up and we had quite a down pour with huge wind gusts that knocked a tree down near by, that in turn knocked our power out for what ended up being over six hours. Not only the power, but about four hours into it, our water since it was being run by an electric pump. Everyone was very flexible and made the best of it. We had sandwiches for dinner and we did jobsites by flashlight. Just as we were wrapping up jobsites that power came back on and was back to “normal.” After a strange beginning of the week, everyone is set and excited to go out on sites tomorrow.

Everyone made it in safe and sound on Saturday, so we were ready for Sunday’s community building activities. This week we have 30 volunteers, many of whom do not know each other, so getting to know a little bit about each other before we begin the work we was crucial. Our community guru’s led us in several ice breaker games that got the group laughing and enjoying themselves.

Before dinner we gathered the newest PV’s together for an orientation to the area and the issues that effect many of the people we work with in. For dinner we had our usual Sunday night cookout with all the fixings. After dinner the whole group gathered for reorienation, as the only holdovers from last week were the staff. We closed the evening with our commissioning service.

We are looking forward to another great week ahead.

Everyone made it in safe and sound on Saturday, so we were ready for Sunday’s community building activities. This week we have 30 volunteers, many of whom do not know each other, so getting to know a little bit about each other before we begin the work we was crucial. Our community guru’s led us in several ice breaker games that got the group laughing and enjoying themselves.

Before dinner we gathered the newest PV’s together for an orientation to the area and the issues that effect many of the people we work with in. For dinner we had our usual Sunday night cookout with all the fixings. After dinner the whole group gathered for reorienation, as the only holdovers from last week were the staff. We closed the evening with our commissioning service.

We are looking forward to another great week ahead.

Everyone made it in safe and sound on Saturday, so we were ready for Sunday’s community building activities. This week we have 30 volunteers, many of whom do not know each other, so getting to know a little bit about each other before we begin the work we was crucial. Our community guru’s led us in several ice breaker games that got the group laughing and enjoying themselves.

Before dinner we gathered the newest PV’s together for an orientation to the area and the issues that effect many of the people we work with in. For dinner we had our usual Sunday night cookout with all the fixings. After dinner the whole group gathered for reorienation, as the only holdovers from last week were the staff. We closed the evening with our commissioning service.

We are looking forward to another great week ahead.

Enjoy!

“I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.” Mother Teresa

Fridays are home repair free days, allowing everyone to work with different agencies throughout the county. With that said, groups worked with UGWA, St. Vincent DePaul, the Way and Glen Rogers Manor. All and all a great day.

For tonight’s dinner we got to relive many of the highlights of dinner from this week along with Nancy’s Chicken (minus the chicken.) Very yummy!

The closing reflection for the first two weeks centered on the stories we have heard during our time and what stories we will share when we get home.

All in all, this week was a great week. We will be sad to say goodbye to all but our two summer longs, but look forward to welcoming in a whole new crew.