This morning we jumped (slowly, for some) out of bed to get on the road at 8 a.m. We drove about half an hour out to Ted's house. Ted is a great guy with an awesome house and amazingly gorgeous backyard view, and he was around back when Hosanna started. Ted used to work for a heating and cooling company, and he was instrumental in helping get some donations to Hosanna when they had poeple in need. Now, Ted is living with MS, and in the not-too-distant future will be bound to a wheelchair. So we went out with Hosanna to build a deck at his house that connected both the front and side doors with wheelchair access, so when that time comes, he'll be ready and taken care of. He spent years helping to take care of others, and now it's his turn to be taken care of. Unreal story of true neighbors.
After spending the morning framing and finishing Ted's deck, we split into two groups for some projects in the afternoon. One group went to pick up a donation that Hosanna received of a nice kitchen cabinet set that will eventually go to someone who needs it. The other group went to do demolition on a retaining wall that was crumbling to pieces. We'll send a group back on Thursday to rebuild the wall now that the demo is done.
We returned to campus exhuasted (and already a bit slap happy) and emotionally energzied from our day's work. After a delicious dinner and worship together, we're off to bed to prepare for tomorrow's project: a new roof.
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