Work Day One

Exhausted. It is the only word to describe how we feel. Today was the first work day and boy was it a long day. But we got a ton done and got to know the rest of the team much better, including names. There is a team of 10 girls here from Vanguard in CA, three from Valley View Church in Trooper, PA, and the minstry team from here at ICCP.

Our morning began with a malfunctioning alarm clock that we brought from home. We awoke to the sound of the alarm, making both of us jump. It was set for 5:03. We proceeded to get ready, I made breakfast, and we ran out the door when our clock said 5:55, thinking we were late meeting people at 5:45 outside of our apartment. No one was there except for the cafe workers cleaning up their tables and umbrellas in preparation for the market in the morning. Odd, we thought. And no Dom, who was supposed to pick us up to bring us to the van. So, we went back upstairs, waiting for a phone call. No call, so I checked the computer for the time. 2:45. 2:45!! Skot, being the math genius that he is, figured out that our alarm clock actually has about 30 second or so minutes. Wonderful. So, we went back to bed, clothes and all, awaiting Dom's call to head us out the door. Not a good wake up call to be sure, he called- thinking we were asleep with no lights on and all, and we rushed down the stairs.

We arrived at the Anderson's (camp ground) for coffee around 6:15 am. The sun was rising behind the mountain, it was beautiful, and pleasantly chilly.

Then, we proceeded to work. Until about 4:45 or so. We weed whacked, set up tarps, tore apart old props, painted, tared the roof of the garage, made pyramids, etc. I personally cleaned out the garage with some people, and forgot to take a before shot, but, we basically emptied the sucker out and cleaned. We vacuumed, mopped, rearranged, trashed, bleached mold, hung curtains, spilled paint, etc. Skot built I believe two pyramids and spend some time on the black roof of the garage. It was probably the hardest day of work I have spent in a long time, but I can say the most pleasant day of work as well. First thing this morning I prayed for God to give me a good attitude today and He certainly did deliver! So this shot is mid-way through the cleaning process. I will try to take more photos tomorrow, it is just a bit busy and dirty to bring my camera out often. But, imagine curtains behind the stage (on the left of the frame-covered with painted ivy), and a while floor, and curtains covering all of the storage areas. It is beautiful, and all of us worked together, encouraging one another, helping everyone out. I heard so very little complaints and nothing but awesome team work all day, it was such a blessing. And somewhat looking forward to another day of it as Skot sits sleeping on the couch with the guitar in his hands ;) We are about to head out for Mexican- the only place in town that offers it. Skot is dreaming of it right now, I am sure.