Day 6 at The Pines

We have accomplished lots of work today! The girls spent the day baking cakes, grocery shopping, organizing the closet with all of the clothing donations, and preparing food. The men have started getting the toddler fence put in the ground, building the addition to Louis and Amber's flat, and prepping and painting the goal posts. They also took a trip into town to go the lumber yard and the bank. We're all getting pretty cozy here at The Pines and are starting to really feel at home. It's so much fun having something happening 24/7 around here. There's always work to do or kids to play with or people to talk to. We really want to finish everything on the list that Brian said he would like us to work on. In fact, it's 9:45pm here and Chris and Troy are still upstairs working on Louis and Amber's flat. They managed to the whole thing framed today and right before dinner they had a good majority of the drywall up. Our team has four really talented men who are all very knowledgable in construction and it's been unbelievable watching them work. The women have all really enjoyed doing the shopping and the cooking and the painting and playing with the kids. We've spent a lot of time with Meredith and Liam and Drake too, which has been great. (For those of you who don't know, those are the Niehoff and the O'Tool children.)

What a blessing this trip has been to all of us. We love the work we're doing and feel so lucky to be experiencing all of this. Blessings to you all.