Sorry, missed a couple of days on the blog. Holy Week was wild (and great!) and then I headed over to John's Island with the mission trip to build a house for Habitat. I snuck away early and left the 30+ others to complete the job (though I wish I were there, instead!)
Habitat does not make sense on paper. Think about pitching this idea. "Let's give a group of 20 high school students and 10 adults to one skilled, Habitat carpenter and in one week, give them the challenge to build a house (or at least most of one.)"
Crazy? Wouldn't you think, "Hey, I watched an army of well-seasoned carpenters take months to finish my house and you want a bunch of kids to do that in a week?" No way!
But it happens.
For eleven years, a group from Christ Lutheran has gone to John's Island in S.C. near Charleston to do just that. They give us a platform and directions and like ants scurrying around the place, we leave after a week with a house nearly complete. I left after two days and we had the entire house framed, outside walls up and half the trussels on the roof.
Frank Reed gave a nice devotion/pep talk to the all the workers on day one. I'm paraphrasing here but it went something like this. "You could be at Myrtle Beach with your friends staying out late, getting into trouble and drinking. But instead, you chose to come here. I am so impressed with your choice. And make no mistake why you are here. You are changing a person's life. With this house, they not only will have decent housing and a safe neighborhood, but they will be accumulating wealth that will be passed down to the next generation to go to college or invent in a business or remain out of debt. This will make an impact for this family for generations all because you made the right choice with what to do with your spring break. Bravo!"
I couldn't have said it better!
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