Friday was our final day on the site! We had a great day, beautiful weather, great progress, and some awesome memories! The day was spent on two different roofs (each in a different stage) and on the siding of one of the houses. We made great progress on our final day. During our lunch break a group of us traveled to the USA bookstore to check out some South Alabama gear and we found some great things! We finished up the afternoon at the site with the completion (or very near the completion) of one of the roofs! It was awesome to see the progress each house made after our four days on site. We rushed back to St. Paul's to shower and pack up before we hit the road again. Pastor K at St. Paul's graciously called a fellow pastor in Birmingham and he set us up with a place to stay for the night. The church in Birmingham was great! They were so accommodating and had an awesome space for us to stay in furnished with ten sofas, a big screen TV, and even an x-box! We had a great night there before we all crashed from another busy day. We got up early today and packed up to head home. Due to an overwhelming number of requests on the way down, we decided to stop at a Waffle House and eat breakfast before we left Birmingham. It was the ideal way to cap off our southern stay :) The drive home was rather long and every stop we made got more and more chilly, but everyone was pretty excited to be home when we arrived home about an hour ago. Overall the trip was a great experience, one I am sure we will never forget. Thank you to all who helped us make this trip happen, we greatly appreciate it!!
A view from the roof. The house to the left was the roof our group spent the majority of their time roofing, as you can tell it looks great!
Alex and Melissa lay down plywood on a different roof, they both overcame their fear of heights and Melissa even used the saw while on the roof!
James doing some roofing work.
The siding crew of Jenae, Kellie, Colleen, and Spencer.
The other roofing crew adds some finishing touches.
Joey, Kelly, Zobac, Trevor, Donnie, and Oyster on their roof.
And again...
The final day: front row L-R: Spencer, Colleen, Trevor, James, TJ, Donnie, Hannah, Shawna.
Back Row L-R: Zobac, Jenae, Kellie, Oyster. Gary (Habitat worker), Joey, Mackenzie (aka: me), Alex, Shelly, Melissa, Justin (Habitat worker), Mike (Habitat worker), and Kelly!
Cardinal Athletics
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