The week started out fairly warm, but with a cool breeze. We arrived at the home of Ms Prisilla Lewis on Monday to shingle half of her roof and do a variety of other tasks. The roof should have been fairly easy, as it was a single story ranch with only one obstacle. We got the whole roof stripped on Monday, mainly due to the fact that I couldn't hold 16 youth back enough with all of their energy and enthusiasm. But we also discovered a number of areas of the roof decking that was broken through or very weak. We had to replace all of that and get the tarpaper down before we could leave for the night. It was a long day. I spent a lot of time on the roof as two different crews rotated up and down. We spent the next couple of days finishing the job, making & correcting a couple mistakes, but leaving a substantial watertight roof for Ms Lewis. She was an awesome lady, who brought us cookies and ate lunch with us every day. We listened as she witnessed to us and became our friend. We gave her a renewed sense of hope and joy for the week as well as the assurance that her roof wouldn't leak on that side any more! It has been a great week of work during the day and worship at night. We are looking forward to a fun day tomorrow! More tomorrow! Blessings to you all back in Wisconsin!
Stew
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