DAY 3; Oct 5th

We have found our grove and had a special treat today. The homeowners, Minnie and John Phillips stopped by this afternoon.

Today's pictures have been provided by Paul and Sheri, enjoy :)

Everyone slept deeply and woke up to some delicious biscuits and gravy provided by the team from Cary NC. After an uplifting prayer together in the parking lot, all teams at Olive Village headed off to their separate sites, 7 in all this week throughout the city.

We arrived at our home this morning ready to work and that we did. This morning, our now confident tile layers laid nearly two rows of tile!  Betty stayed at Olive Village to begin the preparation for the camp of a KY BBQ for dinner.  Jimmie shared a special recipe for BBQ.

The tile layers had a great system going and Sheri even learned to cut a corner for the laying of tile into a closet. Sandy used her years of craft skills to measure the cut. It fit!

 Collette and Sarah spent some time cleaning the soffit (for those like me who have no idea where a soffit is, it is the edge and underneath of the roof towards the actual house). This was slow work as paint may have been lead based, as we learned the Philips home was build in the the 70's. So faces were covered with lovely facemasks and bleach water was used to kill the mold that had accumulated.

Kate put Paul and Jimmie to work, of rebuilding the rotten soffits along the corners. Enjoy pictures of Jimmie and Paul at different stages of replacement. 

The beginning brace for the soffit. good job Jimmie!

Friends of Minnie and John stopped by to check out the progress and send their thanks. A special friend is a local firefighter, who we also learned will be helping the Philip's with plumbing later in the building process. He inspected our work and shared more about his relationship to the Philip family.

We also got to know our Americorps' volunteers, Jessica and Ellie a little better as we learned more about NCCC (referred to as N triple C) and their volunteer work. Jessica is from Connecticut and Ellie is from many places; both have enjoyed their work since June. They have signed on for a 10 month service commitment. They too are learning with us from a killer tiller, Christina, how to properly lay tile.

Kate, Construction site manager; Jessica, Americorp; Christina, Construction site manager; and Elle, Americorp

 As we were continuing our work this afternoon, the homeowners, John and Minnie Philips stopped by to say hello. They took the time to share a little about their story, how they met and their families.  Minnie and John met as waiters at a restaurant. John has three children and Minnie has four, all adults and throughout the country. John has lived in their home on Clouet St for over 45 years and are honored to have us helping them rebuild.   Here are John and Minnie standing proud and dedicated to coming home. They both took time to speak with every volunteer and we hope to see more of them!

As we laid our last tile for the day and cleaned all the tools, Betty finished up preparing a delicious BBQ for the camp, with Jimmie and Paul's support.  Rave reviews and seconds abounded for great BBQ, fixins and brownies, of course with ice cream.

Betty preparing dinner for Olive Village

Dinner and an Olive Tree Village members devotion with the leadership of Carrolton, NC closed out Day 2. Team member's broke for personal time, catching up with family, relaxing with rug hooking and the blog. 

thanks for joining us for Day 2!  Leave a comment on your checking in on us below!  -Sarah signing off