Work Day Two and The Crew Keeps Moving

                         Hey, it’s Zach and Jailene. This morning was amazing; we woke up to beautiful fluffy Brightbill pancakes and scrambled eggs. We woke up at six o’clock, ate our bountiful breakfast and were out the door around 7:30. There were two job sites: Mr. Carroll’s and Brightbill’s. At Mr.Carroll’s site, Kody and I (Zach) finished up the parging on the foundation of the house. While we were doing that, Mr. Carroll and the rest of the crew were replacing windows and reframing a giant four window opening. After Kodey and I were done parging, we re-layed block on the foundation and parged over that. Once all the masonry work was done, Kodey and I focused on the windows. So we framed out the four window openings, and we replaced a big window. And that pretty much sums up the day at the Carroll site.

                         Then there was the Brightbill crew. Today we finished the roof that we started the day before. It took a lot of hard work and team effort. Clayton, Cameron, Whitney, Jen, Angelina, Leah, Autumn, and I (Jailene) made an amazing team. When we arrived on site, we had to de-shingle the whole other half of the roof. It was quite a dangerous job. The roof was rotted with plenty of weak spots that could have caved in. None of us wanted a repeat of yesterday, so we started ply wooding as soon as possible. Next was the ice guard which took us until lunch time. After all the hard work we accomplished the first half of the day, it was time to bring out the sandwiches. They tasted pretty amazing. The second half of the day went by a lot slower. The sun was beating down making everyone drown in their own sweat. It was amazingly gross. So capping the roof was the best feeling. We were all ready to take showers and call it a day. I can honestly say the best part of the work today was the assembly line that we created. Angelina and Jen would pick up the bundle of shingles and take it to Leah and I who would then pass it off to Autumn and Whitney. They then lifted with all their might to get it on top of the scaffolding to Cameron and Clayton. They then passed it off to Brightbill and Mrs. Deiling. It could not have been better team work. It was essential to getting the job done.

                         We cleaned up, took a group picture, and headed off to take showers. That’s when we met up with the rest of the crew and had dinner. I have to tell you, burgers and hot dogs never tasted so good. We always have these cute family dinners. We go around the table and say one good thing that happen to us. It’s always fun to sit and talk about all the funny things we did. Such as Brightbill twerking on the roof and his annoyingly funny “all about that bass” solo. Not to mention Autumn’s “she got her own” music videJ

o. The laughs we have are going to be truly memorable.  It was another GREAT day with the crew.

Let the Jobs Begin

This is Autumn Pate and Alex Hain reporting to you live from B.C.C.  Today, we had two groups, a boys’ group that worked with Mr.Carroll and a girls’ group that went with Mr.Brightbill.

      

          In Mr.Carroll’s group, we went to a house and did work on it. I (Alex) worked with Mr. Jesse Rawls, Patrick, and Noah. We were taking out the old windows in the house and replacing them. The glass on the window broke and we cleaned it up so no one got hurt by the glass. We took out the windows on the second floor and the attic. I put the windows into a pile to throw away. We got the windows done in the attic and will be finishing up on them tomorrow. We went back to the church to eat lunch and then we went back to work after we ate. When everyone was done, we came back to the church and ate dinner.

In Mr. Brightbill’s group we had to pack our lunch because our job site is far from the place we are currently staying at. Believe it or not, some of us thought it was best lunch we have ever had … maybe because we were so hungry. On the other hand if we are not eating we were working. Our group worked on rebuilding our roof. We started off by removing all the old shingles, in the process, we started to find weak spots in the roof. We did our best being careful, but Mrs. Deiling’s foot went through the roof and into the ceiling of the house. She is OK EVERYONE! So don’t worry. Then we went back to the church and had dinner and ended the day like the family we are J.

Return to Crisfield

Today, on our first day in the Building Construction Cares trip, we arrived at DCTS around 11:30 and set sail for Crisfield, Maryland at noon. The ride in the vans was long, and many people slept along the way so to wake them all up we stopped about ¾ of the way to get snacks and gas. After we got situated again in the vans we were determined to get there. As we drove the compact streets of Crisfield, we noticed a lot of houses that were under construction. Finally, we arrived at the church, and we all worked together to unpack the vans and set up sleeping quarters. After everyone was situated happily, we ate lovely food from Ms. Connie. Everybody’s stomach full, we played some games to get to know each other better. This included drawing on each other’s backs with our fingers to see what came out in the end, and also the famous game of Psychiatrist that stumped Christian Trainer for a while. To ease into the first night of sleeping on an air mattress, several guys played cards while the girls watched movies and ultimately relaxed.

As I am typing this, I do not know what is ahead of us, but we are all ready to help out the less fortunate. 

By,

Brandon Jordan

Kodey Negrete