Work Camp '08 Day #1

This blog entry is being created by Family Group members in the group led by Bob Lewis and Karen Cwiklinski

Alex Dragon – We haven’t done much yet, just arrived and seen the work site. The thing that made the biggest impression so far was when the man who owned the Harvest House spoke to us. His stories were more impressive because he hadn’t always been a devout believer, but seemed to receive divine signs and help that allowed him to help many people.

Danielle Wiley - Not much was done today. We just got to see the site where we will be working and what needs to be done. I am a little nervous about working because a lot of it is complicated. The one thing that has had the biggest impact so far was hearing about how the man who owned the Harvest House used his connection with God to help others and how the Harvest House came to be.

Kate Luketich – Today we got settled at the Harvest House, and also went to an orientation at the site we will be working. Later, the man who owns the Harvest House with his wife talked to our group about how their organization came to be, and the kind of things that they have done in the past. It was interesting to be in a place like this, and I am eager to see what kinds of things we can do here.

Katie Schroeder – Well, we didn’t really do much of anything today, haha. The choir met up with the youth group kids and that was kind of fun. Then the rest of the choir kids who didn’t go on work camp (AND YOUR MISSING OUT JUST WAIT AND SEE YOU WILL BE) went home and then we got settled in rooms and played Train Wreck, which was interesting, haha. We got our family groups, and group B ROCKS!!! Then we just kinda hung out and ate lunch. We went to the ASZ and had a tour type thing. Then the guy who owns the Harvest House told us the story of how he got it, which was interesting. And then we just broke apart and now I’m writing this, haha.

Hirsch Singhal – We get food in two minutes. Yeah. Actually, Gary, the owner of the Harvest House came and spoke to us, and it was rather inspiring. He talked a lot about how God has provided for him during his experiences with the House, as well as speaking about how he turned from a “Closet Christian” into a believer.

Justin Owens – Today was a fine day. We learned what the job choices were for the shalom zone and how the place runs. Very interesting stuff…..

Shanna Bodnar – Today was my first day in the harvest house. We ate lunch and then headed off the the Shalom Zone aka our worksite. A few of the men there showed us around the building and all the things that we would be doing. Upon returning we listened to the man that owns the house Gary and talked to him about how the difficulties were always taken care of by God. He heard gods voice everywhere and it didn’t stop until he listened.

Lauren Thomas – Hello! Today was a very sweet day. This morning the choir tour met up with the ones that road in the van for 4 an half hours, we had lunch together and than went up to the common room all together and just sat and talked for a little and than played a games called train wreck. After a little while of playing we got in our family groups and talked about what we were going to be doing while we were here. We got in the vans to go to the Shalom Zone the building that we were going to be working on and walked the whole place to get a good idea of what we had to do and how many people would have to work together in the same place. We got back to the Harvest House and the owner of the house talked to us about how this got to become the harvest house. Well that’s it for today so …. O yeah make sure to ask Greg about the broken mirror!!!!!

CJ Hoffman-Wellll, though not that much happened today on the outside, I think all of us are starting to get comfortable in the house and such, and we learned a lot about how the house came to be from it’s owner, Gary. Before all of that, we had breakfast which arrives in like two seconds, and then met up with choir kids, after finding out we could’ve slept for another 2 hours. Then, we hung around, and grabbed lunch, then headed over to the shalom zone to check out what we were gonna be up to for the week. It’s a ton of work, not gonna lie, but with 70 people it’ll go by fast. Now we’re off to the park. WOOO YEAH! Peaces.
Karen and Bob – Well as you can see from the kid’s comments things are just starting to happen and tomorrow we will begin the real work! We’ve included a few pics from the day’s activities so far and are looking forward to a great week of fun, fellowship and of course hard work!!!! The work site has a tremendous amount of things to do from basic clean up, electrical work, drywall installation and finishing and of course my annual roof repair!!! Keep us all in your prayers!