Project SPY: Day 3

It was an eventful first day on the worksite!!!  After breakfast, Anna and Mary Katherine were our sandwich makers for the day, making all of our PB&J's, ham and cheese, and turkey and cheese sandwiches to take to the worksite for lunch. We had a devotion then went to Ms. Sumner's house to begin our task list.  The weather was perfect, with a cool breeze throughout the day.  We accomplished so much on our first day that we finished everything on our list that we could do without the materials that will be delivered tomorrow morning to get started on the ramp.  We washed the siding of the house, cleaned the gutters, replaced the crawl space door, removed the broken window pane, and dug the holes in the paved driveway for the posts for the new ramp.  Everyone did such a great job and worked really well together!  

In digging the holes, however, we disturbed some not so happy bees and both Brittany and Mary Katherine got stung.  All are well now, but we had to take a quick trip to the Urgent Care because Brittany's sting was right on her neck and started making her throat swell up.  It's not a youth mission trip until we make some sort of medical run!  Thankfully, we didn't discover that either one has a bee sting allergy since it was the first time ever getting stung for both of them.  

Since we won't have the rest of the supplies we need to start building the ramp until tomorrow, and we weren't allowed to return to Fieldstone until 4:30pm (they need the time to get everything prepared for the evening activities), what better way to celebrate our first day on the job and to kill time than ICE CREAM!!!

Cold Stone was delicious!  We spent the next hour or so shopping and walking around Christiansburg until time to head back to the church to shower and get ready for dinner.  The evening activity for tonight was group minute to win it games!!!  It was a lot of fun watching everyone trying to accomplish some of the most ridiculously funny game tasks.  

We ended the night with worship and some free time before lights out.  I think we are all really excited to start building the ramp tomorrow for Ms. Sumner.  It was wonderful to meet her and get to know her a little better today.  

Worship is never complete without a dance party!  I am so blessed to be in ministry alongside these amazing youth.  They never cease to amaze me with their gifts, faith and love of God.