Today was an interesting day...
We had two medical clinics, which went great!!!
We also had 4 work crews, with 2 heading to one area and the other 2 off to another site.
This is where it gets interesting....2 of the crews (including a West Orange team) went to a site where upon arriving they noticed there was no wood to build the house. They just chilled there for 2 hours or so before any wood arrived. They were climbing trees and exploring the territory. The other 2 crews (including a team comprised of Matt, Dustin and me (Gordy), since we were rejected from being on the other West Orange team...lol) went to sites that had all the wood except for the side walls. Therefore, we build sweet looking gazeboes. Try to envision it, we put in the four corner posts, framed it, laid the floor and then placed the headers, rafters and laid the tin. We had a house with no walls! After an hour and a half our side walls finally arrived and we completed the house!
Our construction is now complete with the final count being 42 houses! However, I don't want you to think about the number of houses, think about the number of families that now have homes. God has truly blessed those families, our trip, and our students. And none of this could even be possible with all the support of our church family at West Orange. Thank you all so much!
Parents, your kiddos are coming home in a couple days!
A message from students:
A group didn't get their wood until 2:00 so they were stuck doing nothing for 3 hours in the hot sun. It's still been a good trip though. :)
- Landon Rogers
Tough, tiring and very emotional all together well worth it. I have learned so much from this trip that i will take back with me to the states. Im so grateful for everything i have in my life and i now see that.
-Christian Riendeau
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