Today was a good day for all of the crews. The painters were able to complete the interior of the Courtnay Street house, as well as 3/4 of the exterior of a random house (not one of MDS's) that needed some help, and about half of the green trim.
All of the teams have made significant progress on their projects and are starting to require more work.
The young old order mennonite girls have really come out of their shells today. As they were painting the exterior house they talked with the man who owns it and listened to his stories from the hurricane. Then at dinner all of the girls sat at a table with Les, and the giggling never stopped. Wilma in particular was in top wit form as she bantered with Les. The table had so much fun that the other tables became jealous.
There were two vehicle mishapes today. Larry thought that he was about to miss his driveway and slammed his brakes. As he did so the 2x4's in the bed of his truck went sliding out onto the street "like toothpicks". Across town, Shelley was attempting to turn around on a narrow street in her grey van when she realized that she had slide into the ditch. She walked back to the Morton Street house to get some of the lads to come give her a push. When they walked back there was a backhoe coming down the road from the "jail crew" down the road ready to give her a hand out of the ditch. Both mishapes were quickly dealt with and no damage was done, but two faces were very red.
The meals today were amazing as usual. Breakfast was pancakes with a huge vat of apple sauce. Dinner was (FINALLY) spaghetti and meat sauce with ceaser salad. Our cooks are amazing.
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