Every morning at 8AM we meet at the build site and have a devotional prayer from a representative from a local church. We then join hands in a circle and say “Habitat isn’t a hand-out, but a hand-up” as we raise our hands together. It’s such a wonderful way to start our day of work.
Today’s mission was to paint all the walls in the house. We broke into teams, and set out to work. We first had to clean up the floors and prep the walls. Then, we got to painting the master bedroom suite area with Ramona and Richard from Louisiana.
It was the first time I cut in without using tape (free hand). I quickly got the hang of it, and it came out pretty good 🙂 .
Everyone on the team worked really hard. The first coat of paint was put on on the entire house before we went to lunch! We were then treated to a wonderful lunch at the local Catholic church, with quite a spread of pulled pork, beef, chips and homemade desserts. We then went back to the house and put on a second coat of paint, and were finished by 2PM … ahead of schedule! The Florida Sand color looks great.
Everyone came back to the campground, got cleaned up and then met for happy hour around the campfire. The weather was beautiful, and it was very nice to just relax with the team. Looking forward to working on the flooring tomorrow 🙂 .
