The alternate site was in a small town-Violet. It is the location of a Valero refinery, and near the port. There were lots of oil company influences that I noticed, having grown up around that.
The site supervisor was Claire. She had only been in the house 2 days, and was stressed! Even Mitchell, the 8th grader noticed. Britney and Brendan hung a door and frame for the laundry room. Mitchell and Leah painted the soffit. And I ran the chop saw to finish out the corner bead on the kitchen and bath cabinets at the floor level. Lets just say that our experience paid off at this house!
The kids have just been fantastic, we always have such fun with them. But they have bonded with some new adults, and this group meshes very well. Oh, I thought you might enjoy the size of this bug:
Upon completing the workday Thursday, we returned from our sites and had lunch and showered, then headed down to St Charles Ave to ride the trolley. We saw Hannah Kinder's old apartment, and her new street! 😀 (Barb got to hang out with her later.). The kids loved the historic homes, and a group of CCYM leaders went too. It's fun to see our kids so strongly bonded with them, as they are from all over the conference.
We then went to have dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall. This group has been feeding volunteers every Thursday for eight years. We were their last meal guests, and they put many babies in the 'King Cake' so that we would all carry the party on with us. (Google it.) Kate and I had a selfie when we got back.
Worship was led for a final night by Manchester UMC, and Tristan closed the themed week of the 'Full Armor of God'.
She killed it with her witty Lord of the Rings anecdotes.
It wasn't hard to fall asleep. We were exhausted.
I will give you the synopsis of the trip home next time.
Blessings!
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