A Humbling Experience

On Tuesday, continue we did, the garage construction. The weather was even better than Monday, so we were able to work from about 7:30 to 4. We worked the entire time on the roof, nearly completing the framing that we will lay the sheet metal over. In case you are wondering why we are building a new garage, the old was made out of wood, and was beginning to warp and rot, so they decided to tear it down and replace it with a metal one that should last longer and hold up better in the weather. After we finished working, I had a little bit of time to relax before dinner, which gave me the opportunity to talk to my family. Right after dinner, we headed out with a group to go feed the homeless. I have mentioned doing this before, but have not explained what it involves, so I will go ahead and do that. First, at some point during the day the group goes to the supermarket to buy food, and comes back to the Villa to put it all together in plastic bags. Then we head out in the bus to a spot downtown, we use the same one every time, and line up against a wall with the bus in front of us and the food in the middle of the line. Then we pass the bags on down both directions and hand it off to whoever needs it. We try to only give one per person so we can feed as many people as possible, but some people will come back for more or insist on getting two or three, and we do not want to argue. It is a very humbling experience, and I do not think I will ever grow tired of making the trip.

Soccer Trip, Day 8, Monday, June 22

This kind of brings us full circle, as I already touched on this day in a previous post (June 24, “A Volcano”). So, to not repeat myself too much, I basically hung out with the soccer team until they left, and then started the internship.