Day Three - Great Progress

Hi Y’all. It’s Kendal. Unfortunately I’m one of the few who has not picked up the famous Kentucky accent. Well today started off as another cold morning where all of us were still half asleep unloading the timber to build our room. We split off into different groups today to get more done. One group put down baseboards, another group put up skirting on a house, and the last group stayed and finished up the walls of our room and laid linoleum in their living room. Today was such an accomplishing day, because by lunch we had completed two out of three projects, and our room now has freshly painted walls. Even the roof framing has been built. All that’s left for tomorrow is to finish up the roof, and paint some siding for the house. Being here at Red Bird has been an inspiring adventure. We have grown so much closer to the other servants of God around us. We now care about each other so much, that even though Skippy (John) fell asleep, Ari made him a sandwich to support his majesties hunger when he slept through lunch. The work that we have been doing down here has given us more than the satisfaction of helping others, but newly found friends for life. When work for the day was done, we all showered up for dinner. It was surprisingly good seeming as Nick swore he saw it moving. Some sort of ground meat with mashed potatoes and gravy. But with all the work we have been doing, we would shovel down anything you put in front of us. Tonight was the talent/ no talent show. Maggie sang us a song, and let me tell you the girl is astonishing. Michael and Russ went up and sang for us. Russ looked like an angel up in heaven when he sang. The night was filled with laughter and worship. Even Alex pitched in, though he reached notes no man should ever reach. We have one more day of work before we start on the long journey home. God bless Heidi’s patience, as she’ll need every ounce of it for that car ride. We are blessed to be here, and we can’t wait to return home to share our stories with you. See you all soon!

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