When we first came here we didn't know what to expect. Waking up at 6:15 was not something that we were used to. Every morning we would wake up to pack our lunches before breakfast. Before we left we had devotions and then off to the worksite. We were all divided into work teams to help out home owners. Our group is as followed: David (staff leader), Wendy (group leader), Will, Katie, Skyler, and Matt (an individual, non-St. James volunteer - EET).
When we arrived at our destination, we got out all our supplies and spent a period of time just to chat with the home owners and get to know who we were spending our week with. They were very welcoming and made us all fill at home. We got to work it was nothing we had ever done before. We had to tear out the walls in the two rooms we were working and clean out all the mold and fiberglass. It all took time but we manage to finish before the day ended. It took blood and sweat to finish all that there was needed to be done. Lunch was at 12 each day but everytime we would ask it would be at least an hour or two before it was time to eat.
As the days decreased and the hours increased we became closer with the home owners and enjoyed each minute with them getting to know all that there was to know about them. Thou this week is quickly coming to an end, we are all going to miss the exhilarating moments in our time here in WV and are surely not going to forget them. We all hope to come back next year to experience all these wonderful moments and see all of our staff members faces again.
Katie Dunn & Skyler Gibbon
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