Today we were at Abiding Presence again to continue some of
the work we didn’t get to on Monday. Pastor Dan Whitener was with us again whom
did a wonderful job keeping us busy. He had set up a sweet list for us to work
on and check off. We cut down the last big tree that was growing between some
other trees where it did not belong. The jobs we did today we mostly to upkeep
the outside of the building like weeding, re-painting signs, and mulching most
of the gardens. The memorial garden was our big weeding project. There were a
ton of things growing through out the plants and now that we have gotten there
it looks beautiful as ever! As we did that we had some people painting the
letters on the sign out front so that everyone driving by could hear the good news.
The group ended the day by all coming together and mulching the gardens around
the building. Everyone was taking turns pushing the wheel borrow back and forth
to pick up the mulch because it was all the way on the opposite side of the
building. Hard work, but great exercise if you ask me!
Something new we have started is that when we work we enjoy
listening to music. In my opinion, the music is making us work more efficiently
and bringing us together. The best parts of my day are when we are working in a
small group and some of us are singing a laughing while pulling weeds from the
garden and before we know it, the garden is weed-less. It does not seem to
matter what the music is although, we do enjoy having a Disney soundtrack on in
the background. The little things such as music seem the just bring us closer
and closer as a group everyday.
As a group, I feel that everyone is working hard together
and I personally have not heard a single person complain about a job or another
person once. It’s a great experience being around so many strong people in more
than a physical way. The only true problem we had today was that there were too
many people to have everyone mulching at once and this was resolved very
quickly by just setting up stations and a rotation so that everyone could have
a turn. Something that we have started, that I am taking a liking to, is that
we end the day by talking about what worked that day and what could be better.
I feel it is the perfect way to discuss how we can be more productive for the
rest of our time on the job. I could not be happier with the way the job and
group is turning out.
-Kevin Nowak
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