The Southside Crew
The next 3 days were .... WORK. They tore off FOUR layers of shingles and re-roofed a house. Yes! These kids worked ON THE ROOF in the July Summer heat...not for a paycheck...or because they were made to...but because they wanted to make a difference... a positive difference! Wow!
Look, she's still smiling...even through the dirt and sweat
Adrian, Katie, & Alicia...gathering the shingles
Blake in the foreground...Andrew and Mallorye in background. I never quite understood why they had to get IN the dumpster, but that's what they did...shoveling shingles!
New meaning to Dumpster Diving!! That's Mal 2nd from left...who'd thought she could do all this with a broken leg! Chris, Andrew, & Brittany are the other dirty culprits.
Mallorye...she really was a trooper...broken leg and all..she's never missed a mission trip that our church has gone on...this was her 5th trip...3 times to New Orleans and once to Marmaduke...she sure wasn't going to let something trivial, like crutches, stand in her way.
Takin' a little siesta on the roof! Hey, get a break where you can, right?
Ground crew taking a water break
Pastor Pat...he's our Missions Pastor at church and does an awesome job of finding opportunities for our church to minister to others.
Mallorye, Adrian, Brittany, & Ashley
Mallorye, Katie, Brittany, & Ashely with their new friend Sienna...isn't she adorable?!
Really, only a face a mother could love...or three mothers! They are some dirty faces!
Dazed and confused after a week of roofing and painting
The Southside Gang posing with their hosts!
After a week of working hard the gang was treated to a Kansas City Royals baseball game. It was nice that they were able to relax a day before making the trip home.
Enjoying the game...and soem icees!
The Jumbo-Tron...I think they were more fascinated with this than they were the game!
All in all, it was a great week for them. The End.
2 comments:
Oh, how I miss those trips! I used to be so involved with all of Gary's trips he's take the kids on, but now I'm a mom and my kids are at tricky ages to do those things. Can't wait until they're just a bit older and they can take part too!
Thanks for sharing those pictures. It looks like you accomplished a lot and had fun doing it!
Awesome blog those kids are amazing and I really learned alot about them and love love love them! They were great. Your kids are wonderful and you should be so proud!
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