Saturday morning, as we said goodbye to 23 PVs we awaited the arrival of another 14 to begin the fifth week of the program. After Mass, as a group we headed up to RD Bailey Lake Dam and checked it out. After getting the view from above the dam and lake, we drove down the road and checked out the backside of the dam and the river.

The evening festivities were the usual Sunday night fare, orientation, dinner and reorientation for everyone who came in over the weekend. We wrapped up the evening with jobsites and our commissioning service. We are looking forward to another great week.

“If you open your heart, the world for you will change and never be as it was before.” Paul Dodge

Today was a day free of home repair, however it was a very busy day. First to leave the school in the morning was the crew heading out to help with distribution at the Itmann Food Bank. As usual it was a very busy day, with lots of people taking advantage of the food, clothing and housewares being offered.

Another group went with UGWA up to Twin Falls State Park to do some trailblazing on a section of trail that will be part of a new trail being built to parallel the Appalachian Trail. The PVs worked alongside UGWA volunteers as well as members of a mountain biking club.

We also sent a group out to continue work at the Way outside of Mullens. The volunteers continued tiling and dry-walling.

Today was also the last day of our inaugural Hanover Day Camps. Soccer camp and craft camp ended on a high note with 4 kids at each. A soccer camp the kids learned a lot of new skills during the week, as most had never played the sport before. At craft camp the kids finished their box guitars and were thrilled with them.

In the afternoon, several different PVs converged on Glen Rogers Manor of an afternoon of Banana Bingo, nail painting and conversation.

We were all treated to five different home made pizzas for dinner tonight. The pizza was delicious. For dessert we had a choice of either home made peach cobbler and/or banana bread with chocolate chips.

As it is Friday, our reflection was focused on the experiences of the last two weeks. Using the idea of the sower from Sunday’s gospel reading we were asking to reflect on a seed of love we witnessed being sowed this week. As always it is great to hear what particular experiences really impacted everyone during the week.

“If you open your heart, the world for you will change and never be as it was before.” Paul Dodge

Today was a day free of home repair, however it was a very busy day. First to leave the school in the morning was the crew heading out to help with distribution at the Itmann Food Bank. As usual it was a very busy day, with lots of people taking advantage of the food, clothing and housewares being offered.

Another group went with UGWA up to Twin Falls State Park to do some trailblazing on a section of trail that will be part of a new trail being built to parallel the Appalachian Trail. The PVs worked alongside UGWA volunteers as well as members of a mountain biking club.

We also sent a group out to continue work at the Way outside of Mullens. The volunteers continued tiling and dry-walling.

Today was also the last day of our inaugural Hanover Day Camps. Soccer camp and craft camp ended on a high note with 4 kids at each. A soccer camp the kids learned a lot of new skills during the week, as most had never played the sport before. At craft camp the kids finished their box guitars and were thrilled with them.

In the afternoon, several different PVs converged on Glen Rogers Manor of an afternoon of Banana Bingo, nail painting and conversation.

We were all treated to five different home made pizzas for dinner tonight. The pizza was delicious. For dessert we had a choice of either home made peach cobbler and/or banana bread with chocolate chips.

As it is Friday, our reflection was focused on the experiences of the last two weeks. Using the idea of the sower from Sunday’s gospel reading we were asking to reflect on a seed of love we witnessed being sowed this week. As always it is great to hear what particular experiences really impacted everyone during the week.

“If you open your heart, the world for you will change and never be as it was before.” Paul Dodge

Today was a day free of home repair, however it was a very busy day. First to leave the school in the morning was the crew heading out to help with distribution at the Itmann Food Bank. As usual it was a very busy day, with lots of people taking advantage of the food, clothing and housewares being offered.

Another group went with UGWA up to Twin Falls State Park to do some trailblazing on a section of trail that will be part of a new trail being built to parallel the Appalachian Trail. The PVs worked alongside UGWA volunteers as well as members of a mountain biking club.

We also sent a group out to continue work at the Way outside of Mullens. The volunteers continued tiling and dry-walling.

Today was also the last day of our inaugural Hanover Day Camps. Soccer camp and craft camp ended on a high note with 4 kids at each. A soccer camp the kids learned a lot of new skills during the week, as most had never played the sport before. At craft camp the kids finished their box guitars and were thrilled with them.

In the afternoon, several different PVs converged on Glen Rogers Manor of an afternoon of Banana Bingo, nail painting and conversation.

We were all treated to five different home made pizzas for dinner tonight. The pizza was delicious. For dessert we had a choice of either home made peach cobbler and/or banana bread with chocolate chips.

As it is Friday, our reflection was focused on the experiences of the last two weeks. Using the idea of the sower from Sunday’s gospel reading we were asking to reflect on a seed of love we witnessed being sowed this week. As always it is great to hear what particular experiences really impacted everyone during the week.

“It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.” Gandhi

The heat finally broke today and we enjoyed a nice sunny, but warm day. We had groups continue at the two sites in Mullens, replacing drywall and finishing the steps. Great progress was made! We were also able to finish up the painting and powerwashing site that we started yesterday. The work was completed pretty quickly, but that left plenty of time to visit with the homeowner and her aunt.

We also picked up another kid for both the soccer and craft camp. We are very excited to slowly be building up the camps and the kids and the parents seem to be enjoying the opportunity to come. In the craft camp today they started building their cigar box guitars and they were thrilled!

Tonight in PV land we were treated to a taco and baked potato bar that was scrumptious. The meal was topped off with brownie sundaes and all the fixings.

We were led in a beautiful reflection tonight about the different attributes that we all find important in our PV experience (ie., community, compassion, love, acceptance, etc) and how we can apply those at home and keep a bit of our PV experience alive.

“It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.” Gandhi

The heat finally broke today and we enjoyed a nice sunny, but warm day. We had groups continue at the two sites in Mullens, replacing drywall and finishing the steps. Great progress was made! We were also able to finish up the painting and powerwashing site that we started yesterday. The work was completed pretty quickly, but that left plenty of time to visit with the homeowner and her aunt.

We also picked up another kid for both the soccer and craft camp. We are very excited to slowly be building up the camps and the kids and the parents seem to be enjoying the opportunity to come. In the craft camp today they started building their cigar box guitars and they were thrilled!

Tonight in PV land we were treated to a taco and baked potato bar that was scrumptious. The meal was topped off with brownie sundaes and all the fixings.

We were led in a beautiful reflection tonight about the different attributes that we all find important in our PV experience (ie., community, compassion, love, acceptance, etc) and how we can apply those at home and keep a bit of our PV experience alive.

“It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.” Gandhi

The heat finally broke today and we enjoyed a nice sunny, but warm day. We had groups continue at the two sites in Mullens, replacing drywall and finishing the steps. Great progress was made! We were also able to finish up the painting and powerwashing site that we started yesterday. The work was completed pretty quickly, but that left plenty of time to visit with the homeowner and her aunt.

We also picked up another kid for both the soccer and craft camp. We are very excited to slowly be building up the camps and the kids and the parents seem to be enjoying the opportunity to come. In the craft camp today they started building their cigar box guitars and they were thrilled!

Tonight in PV land we were treated to a taco and baked potato bar that was scrumptious. The meal was topped off with brownie sundaes and all the fixings.

We were led in a beautiful reflection tonight about the different attributes that we all find important in our PV experience (ie., community, compassion, love, acceptance, etc) and how we can apply those at home and keep a bit of our PV experience alive.