"Does anyone have a bandaid??"

Day 2 through!
The mantra of the day was...bandaids. Many blisters were to be had on this second day of work. We arrived at the work site ready to roll and roll we did. So today we did the framings of the walls for the downstairs of the house. Looking at the floor plans I tried to imagine what it would look like when the family moves in. Down stairs there will be a living room, dining room, kitchen with a pantry, hall closet, guest bathroom, master bedroom and bathroom. So we set all the wall frames today. Loads of hammering...I know I will have hammers going in my dreams tonight. We brought our music and had our own dance parties which Merritt was pretty entertained by :)
We had some new workers come out today too! We had Winston; who is a board member, Amanda and Karen; both construction crew members, James; who is a 77 year volunteer who has volunteered with Habitat for 20 years! That is amazing! We also had a special worker today...We had the woman who is going to live in the house after we are finished! She came out and was hammering away with us!
At the end of the work day we blessed the house. The owner is originally from Somalia and follows the Muslim faith. So in her tradition they bless the house before they live in it. So we were able to write our blessings on the wall! Our words and prayers are now a part of the foundation of this house. And the foundation of something is the most important part. Below are some of the blessings we wrote on the walls.

After a long day of work we headed back to our cabins and realized we were all very burnt. A beautiful day full of sunshine but we may have forgotten the sunscreen. So with our newly red necks we hopped back into the vans and headed into Greensboro to First Presbyterian church to volunteer at Hot Meals and Hope. Every Tuesday night churches in Greensboro open their doors to a free hot meal for the homeless community. About 100+ people came out for a hot meal of chicken fried steak, rice, bread and cake. A local group spoke about grace and how God's grace sets us all free and how we need to give things up to God and learn to trust in Him. That is a message everyone can relate to. But looking at all these men, women and children who do not have anything and thinking how important it is to give things up to God hit me. I gave up facebook and twitter for lent because I love being on those sites. I have that option to give it up. I look at my life and see how much I really do have and I have thought of how I would be nothing without God and realizing that there are so many people that do have nothing and don't have God. But it was so heartwarming to see some of the men and women praying before their meal it made me smile realizing they do have hope and know God is with them. It was just an awesome experience to hang out and talk with these men and women and help be able to serve them with a hot meal. They seemed very grateful and it felt good to be able to take time out and help them.
We are now back at the cabins and debriefing about our day; favorite parts of the day and laughing and just being together in community. And that is how God intended it to be :)