Monday

Monday.

This morning we visited the site of the Vermont House for the first time. The foundation is 12 X 12 pressure treated pilings place in large holes drilled in the ground and then filled with concrete. Unfortunately, although the pilings had been placed in the holes, the necessary inspection has not taken place. Accordingly, no work was to begin on site today.

Instead we divided up into three teams, with Charlie and Hilton working on arranging details for the construction.

One of our teams, Ruth, Sandy, Andrew, Tasha and Jordan, was assigned to visit two sites to clean up construction debris left by previous teams. They filled and entire dump trailer at one site. At the other the owner had made arrangements for the material to be removed.

One of our teams, Laurie, Ellie, Sara, Shelby, Miranda, Emily and later Tasha was assigned the job of painting the interior of a home nearing completion.

A second, which was the rest of the team, was assigned the job of painting the exterior of the “Waxman House.” Little did we know as we left the Vancleave church that was the house built for the woman who had been living in the tent that inspired the Vermont House. Her house is still not complete. Our job was to paint the exterior of the house. We were joined by the team doing construction clean up after lunch.

All in all we had a very successful day.