Our group was divided into the six work teams that we had formed in our preparatory meetings. Teams A, B and C prepped buildings for painting and Teams D, E and F worked on construction projects. The plan was to swap projects tomorrow so everyone would get the chance to do both types of projects. (The real reason was so that half of the people didn't get stuck on painting without the chance to build something.)
When I reminded everyone of this after we finished working, I was met with lots of groans from every team. Everyone wanted to continue what they had started today rather than turning it over to someone else. We then decided to let the teams continue with their projects tomorrow and think about swapping on Wednesday.
Their desire to work on their projects was obvious by the way everyone dove back into work after lunch. They had lost some motivation before lunch arrived at 1:00 (late because they had many sites to deliver to), but regained enthusiasm after they got some nourisment.
One team took turns trying to hammer in a single nail. They even got help from the Team Effort guys and went through 12 nails before getting it in.
Ryan said that he broke a pickax today. That was part of his team's 4-hour job of prying sheets of plywood off a roof before learning that they can just remove and rebuild the roof itself.
After work we reloaded the buses and rode to pick up the VBSers. On the way back to the dorms, a couple of our Sr High leaders led the buses through today's study in our devotion book. (Now that we know how the days go and how long our travels are, we plan to do our devotions on the bus ride to the breakfast church each morning. )
After returning to the dorms, we changed into our suits (a few rinsed off their layers of dirt and sweat) and reloaded the buses. We're going to a beach park to play on the beach and to eat dinner on the beach. We'll then return in time to go to tonight's worship service.
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