Day 3 Build

Today the weather wasn't as beautiful as it has been. It was a little chilly this morning, but we were working inside with a space heater. Our job was to install the ceilings in each room then caulk and nail styrofoam along the walls underneath the house for insulation. The workday was successful at this point; everything was nearly complete and we had a delicious lunch. Today it was turkey and ham sandwiches with potato soup. My taste buds were craving seconds, but unfortunately there wasn't enough. Dessert was delicious too; we had a mix of cake, pudding, and chocolate chips. Once we were finished eating we got back to work. A few of the other girls and I went into the crawlspace and began working on that. We nearly finished until we ran out of styrofoam. I was hoping we'd get to finish the siding today as well but we also ran out of that yesterday and our new shipping hasn't arrived yet. Instead we've been working on house #14, which has almost the same amount of progress as the other house, just no ceilings or siding. After today though, we've got about the same amount done on both of them, excluding the siding. The final touches will just have to be added tomorrow. We worked a little overtime today, but only by a half hour. Then we headed back to the church for showers and dinner. On the menu tonight was meatloaf, mashed potatoes, carrots, green beans, and apple or peach pie for dessert. I've been filling up to the max with every meal. They sure do treat us well here! There are also several other families eating here. They open it up for families of the church before the children's religion classes and a couple hundred people come to eat. It's a really nice church with a youth center and everything. They have a stage for concerts, ping pong, a basketball court, and a lot of other activities for the kids to do here. It's a non-denominational church so a lot of families come here for mass and religion classes for their kids. In this community religion is a huge part in their everyday lives. I've not only seen numerous churches in the area, but I've also witnessed some of the citizens here praying before every meal and thanking God for what they've been blessed with throughout the day. I think it's really great; this community seems very close-knit and there's such an amazing family aspect to the small town. So tonight we're going to do a little group bonding. We just finished up with dinner and plan on going back to the community center just to hangout since we ended up not playing card games last night. I'm looking forward to it because it's still early and I'm ready to have time to relax since I'm already exhausted. Our last build day is tomorrow and we want to get as much done as we can, so resting up tonight is vital!