Day 1- Tired and Inspired

Today started early with breakfast at the church at 7:30 and then meeting with the leaders of La Puente and Habitat for Humanity. Our teams (3) divided up and headed to our job sites by nine in the morning. We learned that our efforts were going to help three separate families with varying degrees of help being needed. One of the two groups working with La Puente worked at Cindy Medina's house to repair her leaky roof, removing multiple layers of old and rotting material, to bring it back into a safe and livable situation.  The other La Puente group helped Kevin and Jaylynn Bierieger to bring their home up to standard for Jaylynn to have access to her home using her wheelchair. The Habitat group had a busy day framing the interior and digging post holes for the house they are working on for a young family of three. They were able to build seven walls and stood five-- a HUGE accomplishment for a group of six individuals.

At this point we are all feeling tired but extremely inspired by the lives we are impacting and our work with each other.  The food has been fantastic...... (If Amy and I do say so ourselves....), and our fellowship with each other has been filled with laughter and encouragement. We look forward to a good night's sleep and to what tomorrow brings. Keep sending prayers our way; we are proud to be here representing our St. Paul's family.