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Here’s your day 4 recap with bonus footage…

Going back to the Greenwoods!


Devotionals: Sorry guys, they’re so good, can’t share ’em!


Morning: Bu
Bu shared from his heart about trying to raise and encourage his kids in things, including basketball, but realized he really should be encouraging them in the growth the Lord has for them. Was very personal and very touching. So much so, I felt we had to preserve his privacy. It encouraged us more to look for God’s movement in people even more than what we want/see for them.

Praying for Bu before giving his devo….where he wrote notes on a paper plate 🙂

Evening: Chris C
Chris shared about his family, and what it’s like to have kids.. and how sometimes there can be communication disconnects on both sides, the parents and the kids… was honest and personal. And then he applied that to his personal relationship with God.. that often he’s too busy asking/talking and not listening enough. His examples were personal.. and yes, so good.. but too much for public sharing..


He ended with us spending a couple of minutes in silence, trying to “hear” from God.. was good, and different than doing so by ourselves….


As sad as I am not to share, wanted you to know that part of the good of this team is the depth of honesty they seek. Both within themselves and with their faith.


Good men and women all.


Okay, back to the task-oriented stuff:
Started out the day drizzly and cloudy…
Went to the Greenwoods, ready to work.

Chris praying for our day

Basically, everyone went to continue/further their projects.
Interior doors, including the bathroom one. Since the house has only one bathroom for all occupants (and us while we’re working there) we had to make sure everyone was warned that it would be off limits while they were changing the door.

Back door and doorbell were finished


Siding on front of once garage-now wall with a window

Chop girl was in full effect

Majority of the team was finishing up drywall work/mudding and then Chris (site guy) put up a textured coating on ceiling and walls. We waited an hour and then went to work on the trim. Window trim

Things that may not make sense:


-Chris (site guy) gave us Tshirts and some “chip clips” for snack chips. That’s what Roy is wearing on his cap.

-There is a grid like thing some people were working on. Denise discovered some of the HVAC intakes had old/dirty filters. We bought new ones, but they had to be custom cut to size.

-Tommy was talking with Joyce and found out that she wanted the backyard to be a safe area. He climbed into the tree (via a ladder) to cut down some branches that were precarious

– We make our lunches every morning and bring them to site.. Today we forgot half our lunches at the church, so had to run to Sonic to feed ourselves

Uh okay 
This is embarrassing… Gary is taking care of his family, and editing these videos faster than I’m able to tell you what’s going on! 🙂


Day 3 and Day 4 recaps are live!

After a very interesting and team reflective devotional by Roy/Tommy… 

we headed out the door to drizzly rain, heading back to the Greenwoods


Basically split into three teams


Garage
Craig, Jeff, Lorin, Patrick, 
Removing the temp OSB we put up yesterday and putting up a window.

Finishing up insulation, then…


Drywall/mudding what we could (leaving one wall exposed near electrical until the inspector came, and then we could seal the walls up, and yes, we passed inspection)

Doors
finishing up front door and back door locks (Peter obsessed on flipping the orientation of the key for the back door)
Putting up a screen door and trim on the front door

Interior Doors
Chris, Lorin, Denise and (often) Roy working on replacing interior doors to the bedrooms, closets, etc.


They got to use some new tools that made hanging them a little faster, but still, was a tough fit for some of the doors.

Chop Girl open for business
And then, Chop Girl opened for business. A common power tool we use is called a Chop Saw, where you raise and lower the circular saw in a “chopping” motion. Pam has been doing most of our chop work, where we can just yell “1×4, 38 and a half, heavy” and she cuts up exactly what we requested (a piece of wood approximately 1″x4″, cut to 38-9/16″ length)


She’s great at this job, but also someone (I think it might be her) created a little open/closed sign for her.. It was very endearing.

We returned home for fast showers and out for our Team Dinner. This year, with our two site supervisors, Jose (and his son) and Chris (and his family)

Chris was able to share what’s been going on in his life, and Jose chatted and got closer to the people at his table.


Chris’ family was adorable and we all felt at home with them.


At the end, we were able pray for Jose’s continuing effort in education and leadership.

Praying for Jose

Oh, and almost forgot, we had posted a photo/instagram with Uncle Roy (with his permission). He had fallen asleep, and some of the team wanted to take a picture with him, as we had in previous years. Jose (who really likes Uncle Roy) saw this, he wanted in on the action.

Here are some photos and videos from Day 2…

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFnHTJ5hyAT/

From Instagram.com/sgvbuild

https://youtu.be/yEdMZTeY2k8