we went to ms. maggie's house and worked on drywall for her with a group from auburns orientation team. they were working on her house with arm as a way to grow closer as orientation leaders before camp war eagle (their orientation) started!
her house had gotten water damage from hurricane katrina, but signs of the damage are just starting to show. but, since it's so late past katrina, insurance won't cover any repairs. we were originally supposed to take out one side of drywall and just replace it, but underneath of it were rotted boards, which need to be replaced, and then the roof had some rotted wood as well, so we had to check to make sure the other rafters weren't rotted, ending up in a little bit of a demolition mess. but, it was necessary and it was good to find out there wasn't any other damage! unfortunately, the team had to leave around lunch time, as did we, so we weren't able to replace any drywall, just really prepare for it. but, there is going to be a team set up at the tuskegee site to make sure it gets finished as soon as possible!
but ms. maggie did invite us to eat lunch with her. she was such a sweet woman! she told us all about her life, and how she retired from working on the custodial staff at auburn for 30 years, and before that had worked at a home for elderly people with disabilities in assisting them with cleaning, grocery shopping, etc., since they weren't able to do all of those things for themselves. also, she told us about her family. her husband had passed due to cancer a while back, and just this year she lost her youngest son also due to an illness. but, she has three other daughters, one in the military, one working in a nursing home, and another still finishing up school. i could see how proud she was every time she mentioned her family, and she went and showed us pictures, and all of the works! when she was talking to us, i was thinking about what a caring woman she was. she has served people her entire life, been there for others, cared for others, everything. and it is completely past her time for someone else to care for her, and i am so glad we were able to spend time with her. and her birthday is on the 23rd, so let's not forget to celebrate! haha
after that, we went back to the parsonage and learned electric stuff! we had an electrician come by and teach us all the tricks of the trade. which is actually going to come in handy with things i thought of that need to be fixed at my house!
then, we had a little bit of a break before we were going to the auburn wesley foundation for dinner, so chrisitina took us on a tour around auburn! the campus was so beautiful, and they had so many awesome traditions she talked about! i really loved it!
then we went to the wesley foundation, had dinner, played volleyball, and hung out. it was kind of a free night for us, which was very nice to have!
tomorrow we're going to be doing more construction training, and finalizing what we want to teach the youth each which, so i will definitely update more on that once it's a little more clear!
and i will leave you with a picture of our beautiful staff :)
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