Friday, June 13, 2003

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Our last day at Joseph and Joyce's house was busy and productive, as they have all been.  We bought several ladders, since some of the work today was putting up ceiling joists (boards that the ceiling of the house will be nailed to) and beginning on the roof.  We also finished siding the whole house, put in the windows, and added studs in all the corners to prepare for drywall.

We had numerous visitors to the site today, including a newspaper reporter.  One of the visitors was Kevin, the man who we call to get more supplies.  He told us that he got a call yesterday.  Apparently Brent's cellphone on his belt got accidentally bumped, and it hit redial.  So when Kevin answered the phone, all he could hear was about 20 people hammering!  He knew right away, he said, what had happened.  So he handed the phone to one of his co-workers and proudly said, "Listen to this!  That's my crew over there at the Pillette's house!"

We ended the day with devotions in the house with Joseph and Joyce and their family, and also several neighborhood children who adopted us.  One of them, a little girl of about kindergarten age who had taken a shine to Jeremy, was riding on his back.  I was standing behind them at the time, and I'll always remember how she turned her head to look at me, sigh, and say about Jeremy, "I'm really gonna miss him."  Then she laid her head on his back.  There were tears, and it was hard to leave for all of us.

We had planned to order pizza back at the hotel, but found out that the members of a local Christian band/singing group wanted to entertain us during our meal.  It was an unexpected surprise to find out they were already set up at the church, waiting for us to arrive.  So we ate at the church while they sang and expressed appreciation to us for coming to work there.

Today was a great way to end the working portion of our trip.  Here are a few pictures from today...

Pictures from today