Extreme Build

Greetings 'yen' (how they say ya'll in this part of our state!) from Whitly City, Eastern Kentucky. We just got back from a week long mission adventure building a house for a very poor family in one of the lowest socioeconomic areas in the United States.

We were part of a team of about 130 Baptists from around Kentucky who helped hammer, paint, measure, clean, roof, etc etc for 6 fabulous days. I hope the photo's show you just how incredibly fast the house went up and wow! it was SO MUCH FUN!!!

We worked alongside 80 year old harry hard-outs from Habitat for Humanity who help build houses every week and there's Sarah learning how to hammer a nail into a block of wood for the first time...hilarious! Russell was real brave volunteering to help out with alot of the roofing work, Sarah went as high as the double story scaffolding, but was much happier painting and helping to plant the beautiful garden. So all in all was a very humbling week to work alongside such positive, selfless people who just love to help others. We are so blessed to be here right now, but of course we miss all our family and friends...so please keep in touch, we LOVE to hear from ya'll/yen/you guys!

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Day 5 Day 6

Arohanui,
Russell and Sarah