Tuesday - 6/15/10 - by Will

We woke up this morning slightly later than yesterday; I imagine this will be a continued trend. Breakfast was pancakes, and boy were they delicious. We departed for the work site in what was reported as a 106 degree heat index, though I think we managed to exaggerate this figure to about 140.

The house we have been working on is almost entirely gutted, and we spend a large part of the day loading the trash in front of the house into a dumpster. Charlie Stocks discovered his future as a truck loader at Mazer's while Nicholas Spence found out he would not make a very good exterminator.

The high point of my workday was the announcement that it was time to do some heavy demolition; goggles on, boys. We were to sledge apart a sidewalk and make a path where we would lay the new one. By the end of the day, we had nearly finished the preparation for the sidewalk, I imagine we will be able to pour the concrete tomorrow.

Another part of our group worked on some plants in front of another man's house. Jason Russel discovered the dangers of bamboo.

Lunch was one of the most delicious meals I've had in a while. Perhaps it was the body weight I had lost working, or maybe it was the fact that Stacey and Luane are just incredible cooks, but we were all very pleased with lunch.

We departed for music camp and sports camp, respectively. At first, the music camp workers were somewhat discouraged because there was a lower attendance than yesterday. However, the kids that came were splendid! I feel like I am learning more from them than I am teaching.

Tonight, we had our first rehearsal with singer and songwriter Kyle Matthews. Kyle's a great guy and an extremely talented musician, and we all appreciated the help he gave us in preparing to be his back up group.

Tonight was dinner and a soccer game with the local kids. After that we had a worship service with our youth group as well as community servants interns and locals in the Wherry community. It was an excellent experience, and I think we are all excited to continue seeing our impact on this community.

Will Marshall