Tuesday Tear Off

Tuesday we started the day with some of the girls on one side of the house while the boys were on the other. The girls- Emily, Avrey, Nicole and Kelli, tore off the old shingles (with their bare hands) in about 45 minutes. Every time someone walked to check the progress they were all very surprised that we were almost done. We literally used our hands as the shingles came off very easy. The boys finished shingling the backside of the house right before lunch. So it was on to the front to lay tar paper. The bad thing with that is the front of the house has very little shade. But we were able to get almost the whole side covered in time to leave. Everyone has been working very hard and as the people yell for something to be sent up multiple people jump up to help them. There have been times where about half the group is sitting watching because there is only space for about half the group. But that leaves people to fill up water bottles and throw them up to the roof, which is a constant job as it is hot up there.
We have had some great discussions during our youth group small group time about letting God work through our brokenness. Everyone is tired and the morning bus rides tend to be very quiet. We are coming up with some great ideas for our Big Give Project and one might take care of the majority of the money. More about that later.