Habitat For Humanity

Saturday, December 15, 2007 was dedicated to Habitat for Humanity day. We had to go to Newark and help with the building of homes for the communities people. It was bitter cold that day and I remember bundling up with layers of pants and shirts. Still, it was freezing. As we arrived, we were greeted by a few workers who host the event and watched a video to ensure our safety. Then it was time to walk to the house that we were going to work on. As we got there we found out we would be working inside with some others. Wonderful!!! I was so happy because I did not want to work outside in that cold. We met a women named Mary Lou and she showed us what we would be doing. The house was almost complete and needed finishing touches. We were put to work scrapping Spackle off the windowsill and the sides of the windows in the house to make it look more professional and cleaned up. This wasn't that bad to do, using some gunk remover and a paint scrapper. It was fun to talk with the other people who worked on the house and to listen to their stories on where they came from and how they ended up with Habitat. We met the woman who would be moving into the house. She had 3 kids and a single mom. The stories that were told were so heart warming that it seemed to really make a difference in the little work that anyone does around involving the homes. I actually felt good that I had been able to pitch in and help with the completion of making someones home perfect.