It’s late.
It’s the first night of our first day of work.
The team is gelling quite well, and despite some hiccups in yes, the trusses again, we’ll be back on track tomorrow.
(Note: Year 1, we had to re-do the trusses due to a measuring problem we had.. this year, there were measurement problems, and a little mis-interpretation of the plans)
We love our leadership crew, headed up by Brad, our site supervisor for half our Men’s team last year.
There’s much to tell, but we’re a bit sleepy. Try to give you some highlights
Separate from Lifesong.
We’re working on a site two doors down from Lifesong. That works out extremely well. We get to see them, their progress (which is quite impressive) and let them work and bond together. But we’re still neighbors..
We received a house with all the walls put up, and spent the majority of the day putting up the trusses and gables (the triangular wooden structures that hold up the roof).
Tomorrow, the Evergreen team might be split up several sites, possibly reuniting with Spikes, who was the site supervisor for three of our four years.
Nobody was seriously injured. Sorry we have to say ‘seriously,’ because one of our members made a point to remind everyone to use their hardhats. He had 2×4’s dropped on his hat twice today, but he seems uninjured.
The guys, along with Lifesong, jumped at opportunities to serve in the kitchen for both serving and washing dishes. Really proud of them.
Our evening joint worship time enjoyed a visit from some people from Mandarin Church. No, they’re not Asian, but from Mandarin, Florida, and their team, comprised of mostly retirees, worked with us last year at the same time. We think the coincidence is uncanny.
Gary was kind enough to ask each team member the following question:
What was the highpoint of this first work day?
Brent – Bu loved Art’s and Tommy’s “Stiletto” hammer.
Keith – It wasn’t as hot as I thought it was going to be.
Craig W. – Pounding nails for me beats a day at the office any day.
Peter – It was watching the Lifesong team working well together on their house.
Craig K. – Jonathan pounding in his first nails and everyone cheering him on.
Tommy – Lending Bu my Stiletto (hammer) was like handing my kids the keys to the car.
Art – Taking a shower after a hard day’s work.
Gary – Very cold jelly in a PB&J sandwich for lunch.
Jonathan – Everyone is very helpful and encouraging here.
Roy – Getting the last truss installed (even though we have to move it tomorrow).
Jeff – Staying in one piece after being whacked in the head twice and struck by a truss.
Bryan – The Stiletto is more than I thought it would be.
Kelly – Finally finishing the trusses after having so much trouble lining it up.