Yet again another good day. Today we mixed ourselves up into different groups and spent the day at several different work sites. Some of us (Drew, Sam, Luke, Zach, and I) spent time painting the mobile home of a great family while another group (Nick, Nate, Blythe, Amanda, and Chris) went back to a job we started yesterday (moving sand to level a pathway) and while part of the group finished that, the others helped out by playing with some little babies. Our third group (Katie W., Chloe, Katie G., Katelyn, and Jenny) spent the morning at a local nursing home hanging out with the residents doing hair and nails.
Now, just to confuse things a bit more, we switched groups again for the afternoon. Here is what I hope is a simplified breakdown: Amanda, Chloe, Katelyn, Blythe, Katie W., and I helped out with VBS at Faith Church while everyone else went to help a woman move to a new home. Though I don't know much about how moving went today (The responses I got from the couple of youth I got to ask about it consisted of a "it was good" and a "fine" so I am assuming it went well) I can tell you that everyone involved with Franksville's VBS should be excited because Camp E.D.G.E seems like a lot of fun. And I know for a fact Amanda was taking mental notes of all that was happening so to be ready to help out next month. Plus, all the girls who are helping with Franksville's VBS said today was good practice, so be ready for some great youth volunteers this year!
After our work day we hit the showers, hopped in the van, and took off for our dinner and a praise concert at a church in Duluth. The food was great and the musician did a fine job.
Then it was off to Canal St. in Duluth for some fun free time before heading up to Enger Tower, an awesome look-out point over the lake. We had pleanty of fun climbing the spiral steps of the tower, taking in the views, and scareing each other in the dark. Ahh, good times.
But in all that we did today, that which entertained the group the most was a $0.15 "Fortune Telling Fish" picked up at one of the shops on Canal St. I think we spent nearly 30 minutes to an hour with that little plastic fish so to decipher it's movements to see who was "in love," who was "false," and who was just "indifferent." The patrons of the Caribou where this all took place were, I am sure, happy to have the constant string of giggles disappear when we left.
Oh, did I mention Luke has a new moustache? It helps to keep his upper lip warm.
Until tomorrow,
Jonathan
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Hello Franksville UMC youth! I am a good friend of Jenny Welch's and she shared your blog with me. I loved reading it this morning at work and am very impressed by the variety of work you are doing. I was fortunate enough to go on 6 work tours (what we called them at my church) when I was younger (I'm old, like Jenny, now) and the experiences changed my life. The people we met and helped ended up teaching us so much and the fun times outside of the work days will be with me forever.
ReplyDeleteMy advice to you is to listen as well as you can to the people you meet and take a lot of pictures! I'm getting together with 3 other "work tour" friends this Saturday and am very gald to have the photos to look back on.
I'm rambling, so I will close by saying that I respect the work that you are doing and you have NO IDEA the impact you are having on others. Have a fantastic week, work hard, and may God keep you safe, healthy, and happy for the remainder pf your trip.
-Claudia