Day 5 By: Curtis & Mayce, (: aaaaaaaaaaaaaand Kaitlyn.!

I caught a lizard^

 Alex with a saw!

 ME with a saw!(:

The crew <3

LAST day of work, we all learned a lot and i met a lot of people. It was a great experience and I am looking forward to next year, & i'm so glad we helped Susan & John.  They were the sweetest people & of course... I enjoyed the doughnuts he brought!

-mayce

It was an awesome week, and I think we all got to know each other a little better.  A lot was accomplished these few days for just being a bunch of kids without experience.  

-Curtis

 My first mission trip, I wasn't sure what to expect. It was the most fun I have had in a long time. Laughed so hard I cried. Cant wait to do another one. Met lots of new friends I will never forget. 

-Kaitlyn 

Work Day 4: We're kind of tired... (By: Jackson)

Today, we painted, caulked, and put in flooring.

This is the hardwood floors we put in. Not attached, obviously...

Mayce claimed Curtis' hair and proceeded to make it into a bun...

I had to caulk... a lot...

 Water break!

What's that?

Fork in the garbage disposal... No? Okay...

And the finished flooring! At least for today.

Day 3: Nashville Nights (By Jordan)

 Downtown Nashville lights! Shopping time!

 The Ryman Auditorium!                               Enjoying a delicious dessert at the Hard Rock Cafe!

Day Three: Hottest Day Yet! (By: Jordan)

                                       Nick Quote: "Alex, you've got to turn it gangsta' style!"

                                                            They look dangerous!!!!!!

                                 Jordan Quote: " I think my neck is stuck this way for eternity!"

                                 We got a lot done today! Trimming, painting, flooring, etc!

                               When we arrived at this house on Monday this was dirt! Fantastic!
                    
                              Tune in Later! :)

Day 2: Fun Stuff By: Alex

Today we visited the Parthenon in Centennial Park, enjoy some pics!

We also visited the Country Walk of Fame and saw various artists including Rascal Flats, Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley

Day 2: Work Day By Alex

Our progress today:  Before...and after!

sanding...

I had fun today using a nail gun!!
Some of our other tasks include..... Painting, Caulking, Sanding, Trimming, and Mudding!! The boys also put in floor joices. They are now ready to put in some floor.

Day 2 done and every one is ready for bed. Love, ALEXANDRA

Curtis was tring to look like Hyde from That 70s Show...

Our living area for the week

We are all in the narthex area of the church, but don't worry Mom's and Dad's, the boys and girls are separated:)  No purpling here!  Welcome to our home:
The boys area:

The bottom pic is obviously the girls-- look at all of that pink!  Excuse my mess at the bottom:)

Day 1: Fun Stuff!

There are 2 other groups about the same size we are staying at the church at the same time.  There are 2 male showers and 2 female showers in trailers for all of us.... SO... I contacted the YMCA down the street and we fit in about 45 minutes of some rather warm pool time, and AWESOME showers!  As long as our schedule goes as planned, we will head to the YMCA after our work is complete every afternoon before we have dinner back at the church.  Tonight, we went and had some frozen yogurt and then toured the Opryland Hotel.  The gardens and waterfalls were beautiful!  The boys and girls split up-- the girls had a photo shoot and the boys... did boy things (I don't know, I wasn't with them!)  Enjoy some fun pics:

... I'm not favoring the girls, they were just with me, and then my camera battery died.  

Day 1 Work Complete!

We were up at 6:15am or so, eating breakfast at 7am, got our work assignments and were off!  We went to a property with 3 houses, 1 was to be demolished due to damage, the main one has been worked on all summer and the 3rd house we started work on today.  Some of the boys also dug a trench, that was pretty impressive.  Let's just say the intern on site told me that she 'demanded' the guy in charge that we come back every day:)  Here are a few pics of our work:

I received compliments about how hard our youth were working!  They are awesome.  I am so proud of them!