Rachel a new member had this to say about Thursday: This morning we woke up to some more lovely Oklahoma warm weather. After breakfast we headed to a new house to work with Habitat for Humanity. The house had endured extensive water damage through the roof which rotted out the flooring in the back of the house. Several of us spent the morning ripping up the damaged flooring and plywood. After lunch we began reinforcing the structural components and replacing the damaged ones. Others in the house worked on fixing a door frame and replacing the front door. The rest of the group in the house worked on reinforcing the structural components of the bathroom. In the evening we attended a cowboy-themed dinner celebration and met some of the people aided in the relief effort. The night concluded with some group bonding.
Kenny wrote the following about his day: Today we got a chance to work with Habitat for Humanity again. The first house we got to was too small for the amount of people we have in our group so to be most effective a small group of us were told to go to another work site that was about a 10 minute drive away. The small group included Richie, Jane, Emily, and I. Chris from Humanity was in charge of our group. My task at the second site was mostly window trimming and replacing some of the windows with newer ones. I teamed up with a woman by the name of Brendy who told me she came down from Edmond in order to do some community service. I worked with her mostly while at this site.
The owner of the home had both a dog and a cat roaming around. The dog was friendly and didn’t really get in the way. The cat on the other hand constantly got in the way when we were trimming the bathroom window. It would not stop jumping and hanging on from the window sill that I was attempting to work on. It was a cute cat but it definitely reminded me of why I’m a dog person. I introduced myself to Carmine, the homeowner, and spoke to her for a little while. She took some time to show me some photos she had in her camera of some of the damage that had been done to her home. I was glad to look around the house today and see how far along it had come.
Our work was unfortunately cut short due to the poor rainy weather so we were not able to get as much done as we could’ve, but I still felt like it was a very productive day. I constantly had something to do so the time flew by fairly quick. This whole week has actually gone by very quickly and I can’t believe that it’s already Thursday. Even if the weather today was not as nice as it has been while here, I am still trying my best to enjoy it because before we know it our group will again be dealing with the very cold weather of Connecticut.