One of our members Peter had this to say: We woke up this morning to a cold, drizzly Oklahoma sky. After filling our bellies with eggs, sausage, pancakes, as well as all the fruit we could want ever want, the team headed out to yet another worksite. Todays mission: to caulk and paint the trim of a freshly finished home and clean up all of the surfaces in order to keep the building process moving along. Challenge accepted! Off we went to find paint scrapers, caulk guns, and vacuum cleaners with our characteristic fervor and determination. Around 10 o’clock, five of us were sent by Johnny, our project manager, to another house one block away. This house was still in the beam and stud phase of building and was a mess! So, out came the brooms and garbage bags. Once the house was deemed tidy, some of us were put to work caulking beam connections while others were put to the task of using a nail gun to secure diamond plates to the crossbeams of the home. By 3 o’clock we confirmed that our work ethic knows no bounds. We had successfully completed all the work that our project manager could find for us at both houses, while still managing to find time to sing and dance to the ever-impressive playlist of Logan, another worksite manager. After a good game of soccer back at our host church, we again satiated our hunger and reflected on all we had done today. Sadly, tonight was our last night with Steve; a saint of a man with a sense of humor to rival God’s with whom we have worked with in the past and love oh so dearly. After Steve set off towards home and his future mission work in Mississippi, a few of us drowned our sorrows in milkshakes from Braum’s, a local food joint, ending our most relaxing day so far on a good note.

Jillian a new member had this to say: The forecast for was for a wet rainy day.  We were set up inside a newly built house to clean and caulk.  I had a terrible time caulking.  Yes, it was very fun and entertaining; but I was terrible at!  It was a very emotional experience for me.  One of the other volunteers was much more apt at caulking, so I moved onto painting the frames on the doors.  However, that was just as frustrating because I was too short to reach all the way to the top of the frame.  In the end, with a lot of teamwork and with the help of some awesome music we got everything sealed up and painted.