It was a fantastic week in Cuyahoga Falls! Our group of 18 people from Zion joined over 450 youth and adults at Woodridge High and Middle Schools to work on 44 houses in Cuyahoga Falls and Akron. It was amazing to watch all of these people come together each day, so excite
d and eager to go to work each morning at 8 a.m. There was lots of painting, some roofing, building of decks and porches, straightening a leaning garage (that was on Julie's worksite), and much, much more. There was also much praise and worship for God who made this whole week possible.One amazing story - at one of the houses, the neighbor (homeowner) had not been able to open her front door for years. And if she had, she could not have walked off of her porch because there were no steps. Also, her garage door was broken and would not close, so people were stealing from her. In on
e week, the workcampers repaired and closed the garag
e door, fixed her front door and built a new porch with steps and a railing!Here are a few pictures of us in Ohio. If you want to see more (3000+) go to www.reachwc.org and look at all of the work. Soon we will send you a listing of the picture numbers for the four of us, plus the other campers from our church.
5 comments:
What an experience! Your team does good work. Just wish there wasn't so much of a need.
Way to go, guys! That is such an affected area of our state and you did some amazing work.
Hey,Donna, were you working on a site this year? What did you all do?? Give us part II on REACH.
Robin,
No I worked in the school again, in the office or anywhere else they needed me. This picture of me was taken when I was out with the staff taking pictures of some of the sites. I volunteered to help one crew tape over some house numbers so they could paint around the numbers, then I ended up doing the painting myself.
Carl was a troubleshooter. He was assigned 5 worksites. He had to visit them each day to see if they needed any help or any materials. He enjoyed it a lot, because his buddy Dan Steinman from church was working with him.
Julie and Kevin will write a letter soon, telling about their worksites. I know Julie did a lot of painting inside and she helped straighten up a garage that had been leaning for years. Kevin did some painting and working on a porch.
I'm sure the community really appreciated the help. Great job, guys!
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