Build Day in Andover

Yesterday, we had a DELICIOUS dinner at the Webbers' home and played whiffle ball in their yard, which was a lot of fun! Also, Tony, a director of Habitat gave a very motivational speech about why he enjoys working for Habitat. He said that the reason it is imperative that people are able to own their own homes is that people who own homes are more likely to have their children go to college and grow up to be homeowners as well.
Today was our first Build Day! We woke up (after sleeping in for about 40 minutes :) and had a delicious breakfast provided by the Webbers of Dunkin Doughnuts, bagels, and oj! Then it was off to the construction site! This particular site in Lawrence, MA had three houses that had been previously constructed, but destroyed in a horrible block fire earlier in the spring. So, today, our job was to rebuild these houses so that the families could move back into them. I nailed a lot of dry wall and helped put it up, which was awesome to see! A whole wall in a place where there was nothing a couple hours before! The workers there were pretty nice, but I miss the friendly site managers that I met at the Asheville Habitat site! We got interviewed by the local newspaper the Eagle Tribune of Lawrence, MA. Then, the site manager, Emerson, invited us to sign the drywall we had recently put up! That was neat...we wrote Bike and Build B2SB08, so the future volunteers that come through the site will know exactly who helped on that house!
`Tomorrow we are biking 45 miles to Fitchburg, MA, where we will give a bike clinic to local children! Im excited to teach them some bike safety skills and all that jazz.