Morning Devotional
Chris led us in a morning devotional before breakfast, focusing on how with the concerns we have at home and other parts of our lives, that we can reflect on Matthew 11, to come to God “all who are weak, weary and heavy laden.” The encouragement was that God wanted our burdens more than He wanted us to bear them alone.
With that, we started the day with breakfast and then going to the work site.
Work Day
Yes, we know that most of the posts on here during the day are us taking breaks. It’s because we’re working the rest of the time
In the meantime, here’s some pictures.. we’ll keep uploading as the night goes on, so this photo album will change..
Our work site can be seen here. It’s an old satellite picture, so no, you won’t see us working, but you can see the area that we’re working in.
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Chris and Keith’s group was split between two jobs.
Doing finishing work on the house they were painting and doing interior work yesterday, and the daunting task of starting with some cinder block foundation, and a big pile of lumber they had spent hours cutting yesterday.
The amount of chiseling, nailing, strapping and heavy duty work may be reflected in some of the photos, but to be honest, we were working so hard today, not as many pictures were taken as the labor deserved. All this was done in a cloudless sky. It was hot.
Craig and Tommy’s group had a shadier day, but partially because they finished the roof on the house they had picked up. Baldwin and two of our new friends and roommates Greg (17 yo) and his father Jim were the primary workers on finishing a deck in the back of the house, while the others finished aspects of the roof and trusses and installed windows.
One other aspect of this day was working with Craig and “T,” two future homeowners working their sweat equity, and were familiar with a lot of aspects of Habitat Construction. We’ll be working with them tomorrow too, and it was enjoyable and encouraging to work side by side them.
Evening Devotional
After our dinner, we met for an evening devotional.
Chris and his team led us in songs of worship, and then we had a small teaching about being honest before God and each other.
We met in small groups discussing someone that we might personally have to forgive.
Some small groups went almost all the way to Lights Out time of 1030p. That was 3.5 hours…
It’s been a growing and encouraging time.
Once again, the photos from today:
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