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REFLECTION ONE
Team Unity
At this morning's 7:00 prayer meeting, we lifted up prayers for more unity and inter-class bonding on our sites. We also prayed for continuing strength, joy, and patience as the third day was known to be the toughest. Today was definitely the most difficult one in terms of building, and tired students were asking me for the time every twenty or thirty minutes after lunch. They widened their eyes in disbelief when I told them that we still had FOUR/THREE/TWO HOURS left in the workday?!? But they invariably wiped the dust out of their eyes, chugged down some more Gatorade, picked up their tool belts and got back up on the ladders, hammers swinging. Not a single student on my site complained or wasted time; everyone was always either busy working on part of the house or asking me what more they could do. Whenever I found them a new task, they jumped in without hesitation, sawing out windows with power tools and climbing on roofs without a hint of fear (while I, of course, watched out for their safety with great trepidation). As for unity, today I saw a great blending of the classes, with juniors and seniors taking on more responsibility over the more difficult tasks, sophomores stepping aside to let freshmen try using the power drills for the first time, and even freshmen teaching sophomores a few tricks of the woodcutting trade. When our six o'clock finish line rolled around, the leaders were greatly surprised to hear the students did not want to go back to the campsite yet, they were so invested in building! It was an exhausting but rewarding day for all, and the Lord certainly heard and honored our morning prayers. Please continue to lift up everyone's health and safety as we finish our building tomorrow.
-Victoria Su, TKA Staff
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Today was the third day building a house for our wonderful family. Even before starting the work for the day, we were all exhausted. The day was a strenuous one, including installing sheet rock and the wood panels on the roof. Today, we had to make up from the work that was lost by leaving early because of the pouring rain yesterday. Our site was very optimistic about the house, and it was really coming together quite nicely. Our house finally started looking like a real home for our amazing family. God bless!
-Leanne James, Grade 11
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