HI from the Chavies Reversal group. Last night we had our family picnic at Buckhorn Lake where the families we have been helping out were the guests of honor. I'm sure you'll hear more about this from the teens in their postings tonight! We didn't get back to our center until late so we didnt' have a chance to blog last night. It's hard to believe this is the last day of our trip and we are heading back tomorrow.
The week has been a great experience based on the comments from everyone tonight during the circle of sharing "God Experiences" This is a tradition at ASP where everyone has an opportunity to share when they experienced God during the week. Some pass on the opportunity to share (which is OK) but most do share and it's gratifying to me to hear of their experiences and how they are changed by them. It's just one more reason for me (and most of the adults on the trip) to be involved in a service trip like this.
The vehicles with the trailers are leaving earlier tomorrow morning than the rest of the group as we can't travel as fast. Our hope is that all of us arrive back in L-ville around the same time. My best guess right now would be sometime around 5:00 or 6:00. Once we're on the road and have a better idea on an eta, we'll have all of the teens call their family. We will have the pick ups in the parking lot for SouledOut.
Thanks again for all of your support before and during the trip. It's greatly appreciated and recognized by the teens and adults alike. Here are the final comments from the teens. Dave
This is Team Newton and we're coming to you live to talk about Thursday and Friday. On thursday we went to the site and had a productive day for the most part, until it started downpouring for a good hour. It forced us to stop work on the roof and go inside and work on our projects there. After the workday we went to BuckHorn Lake for a picnic with all of the groups families. We ate hot dogs and burgers for dinner at the picnic. Then we went and swam in the beautiful lake in the middle of about 5 mountains. WE HAD A BLAST! Then we came back to the center and had a super sick dance party in the recreational room. Now, were going to discuss the awesome activities we participated in on Friday. As always we woke up and went to do some hard, sweat shedding work at our families house. We didnt finish our project comepletly but we did our absolute BEST to please our family to the fullest extent!! Then we came back to the center, as always, and did our thing and balled like the cool cats we are!
Team Big Bend had a very productive day on Thursday! We worked on the deck as well as finishing up the underpining for the house. We finished off our day with a fun picnic, were we invited the families. We thouroughly enjoyed ourselves, spending time with our families and swiming in the beautiful lake. On Friday, Team Big Bend worked really hard together to finish up our house. Through the downpour rain we pushed through to finish the landscaping in front of the house, a gift we provided for the family. We felt accomplished and over joyed at the end of the day as we said goodbye to our family! We are heading home now with a sense of accomplishment, knowing we made a difference in these peoples lives, as we know that they made a huge difference in ours. See you guys soon!!
Team Big Bend
While winding down this year's ASP trip American Somao was handling the difficult task of finishing the initially intended task and another one we took upon ourselves. At first the crew was given the assignment of replacing the floor on one of the trailers. It was not known that there was not one but two layers and a door that needed to be replaced. Due to complications with supplies and time constraints we had to work in high gear, not to say we were slacking off throughout the first half of the trip. By working conscientiously we were abe to make progress on the floor and the new door. After that day of work all the different teams and some of their families went to Buckhorn Lake in the Mountains were we ate hamburgers and hotdogs as well as swam in the Lake. On Friday we knew that this was our last chance to get everything done. While splitting the teams, one working on the door the other on the floor we were able to get the door done wit ease, unfortuantely we were not able to finish the floor but got a lot of it done. The day didn't end in total disapointment as someone adopted some of the very cute pupples, as the trailer's owner Ana Lee graciously gave us. - Nick Stratman
As we have come to the end of our ASP service trip, we have had a great week full of memorable experiences. We all went out of our comfort zones in order to help others which we dont commonly get the chance to do. We were blessed to have a very friendly and helpful family that was outside with us every step of the way. Not only were they very welcoming, but were also eager to help and even finished jobs after we had left the site. On our final day today, we didn't have much ork to do and spent most of the time just being with our family. We spent the extra money we had left over on gifts for our family that that clearly needed. We even bought the young daughter a water balloon toy that resulted in a full out water fight that was tons of fun on such a hot day. When we left you could tell how much the family appreciated our work and even though we had only been there a week, they were sad to see us go. Just within our work team we had many great times between singing and dancing in the car to getting shaved ice every day after work. All in all we had a great work site and team that I wouldn't trade for anything.
The week at ASP has now come to an end and it is a sad feeling. Our final day on the work site was out doors which was a great change from the all indoor work we have been doing. It was extemely hot outside though. We were digging holes and pouring in concrete. Yet guess what? We had to go to Lowes like we do everyday because we didn' have enough concrete. By the time that the trip was over and all the concrete wa set we it waas one o'clock. Janine had cleaned the kitchen the whole day and by the end it was spotless. As a parting gift we got the family flowers and the pot was covered in our hand prints so that the family had something to remember us by. It was a sad goodbye we will all miss Troy but we will probably miss the kittens more. This week was great and we can't wait to come back next year!!
Love, Capital Reef - Maiti, Riley, Sam, Matt, Janine, Meghan, Lauren
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