“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” Kahlil Gibran

We woke up today with the sun shining and a promise of a warm day. Volunteers were spread out at four different sites today, two home repair sites, the Itmann Food Bank and Basketball Camp.

One of the home repair sites was finishing up the ramp that we have been building for the last couple of weeks for a man up in Hanover and the other was working next door at his son’s house to build him a ramp of own. Both are moving along wonderfully, but by afternoon it started getting pretty hot. That is for everyone except the lucky two who worked near the open front door and could feel the air conditioning coming out : )

The group who ended up at the Itmann Food Bank started their day stopping by St. Vincent DePaul and picking up as much paint as could fit in the vehicles to bring over to the Food Bank for distribution. They got pretty much most of it, but there are a few cans left. After they got to Mullens and unloaded the paint, they began to reorganize the food bank from Friday’s distribution.

The final group of volunteers stayed back at the school to run the basketball camps. Coach D is back for another year of basketball fun. There were nine kids at the camp, with expectations of there being more tomorrow as many of them were going to bring friends along. Also there was some recruiting of the kids who are often found in front of the school playing basketball.

Tonight for dinner we had a filling, but simple meal of spaghetti, salad and bread. The veggie sauce was fortified with vegetables from a volunteers garden that made the trip to WV.

Reflection this evening centered on community and how community can stretch us, in a good a way. We were asked to share an example of how community stretches us.

All in all, a great start to another week.

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.

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.

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.