Friday, our final day

Byers Avenue UMC. Our accommodations for the week. Air mattresses! Nice showers. They just gave us a key and trusted us.  So did the cops that showed up the first night when the alarm was set off at midnight

Very nice thank you card from RebuildJoplin.org for our love offering and volunteering.

We decided that for Friday we would work just a couple hours and then hit the road for Iowa.   We were disappointed to learn that our site supervisor Jessica was sick and at urgent care. Just wasn’t the same without her.  But she left us in the capable hands of Kate.  

Because of the humidity, some of the previous day’s mudding wasn’t dry. And we were short on some sanding supplies, so alas we were still not able to apply the texture to the walls. But Warren and crew were able to mostly complete the porch (they were one board short).  I would guess that Kate finished up the dry wall before she went home for the day.  When trying to decide work/not work for Friday, we were told that 8 people for 2 hours was 16 hours of volunteering and greatly appreciated.

A quick lunch and on the road back to Iowa and real life and NO sanding.  

It may be hard to imagine that a week of doing a dirty hot job can be so rewarding and so much fun.  Yes fun.  Some quirky times.   Mike and his hodge podge music that we could all pretty much sing along to, and we did, regardless of our talent.  Chasing the ice cream truck until it stopped.  Reconnecting with some old friends.  Laughing at bed time (ok, maybe not everyone thought that was fun!). And LeLoie got her annual swinging in. Right before she was told that they weren’t sure the branch was strong enough. At least she didn’t shoot out of the swing into the woods. 

Jo T