no better way.
for the last several months, my church has been partnering with the local habitat for humanity organization. i’ve had the privilege of participating in the last two events, working with the brush with kindness campaign. painting wall, hanging drywall, installing windows, winterizing homes.
recently, habitat contacted us to ask if our group would be interested in working on a new home construction. this is a project that will take the next five to six saturdays to complete.
today was our first day on site.
bright and early, 25-30 volunteers filtered onto the vacant lot to find a cement slab and piles of wood. with limited construction experience among us, we listened carefully and tried our best to construct the walls. laying out the 2x4s. and nailing our corners flush.
by 10:00, we had an old fashioned barn-raisin’ going on. the walls were going up.
with the interior and exterior walls in place, we gave ourselves a tour. trying to figure out the layout. passing a black sharpie around, we signed the studs and left words of encouragement to the new homeowners.
after lunch, we got back to work. boarding up the exterior.
we stood back in awe. after one day’s work. it’s a house. i’m looking forward to the next several weeks as all the details come together.
what an amazing opportunity to be a part of seeing this family’s dream come true.
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i honestly can think of no better way to spend my saturday.
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