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Its kind of hard to believe we are down to 1 short day left working.  We will be working until around noon tomorrow, then we will get packing, and start out on the road back north.  Its kind of a strange feeling, especially since there are no volunteers scheduled to come here next week at all.

We were split into two groups again today.  Nicki and Kevin, along with Steve (San Diego) and Dave (South Carolina) went to work insluating under 2 houses.  They had to pull off lattice work, and crawl under the house on their backs putting insulation under the floors.

Mark, Rob, Eric and Steve all worked on finishing the siding and metal work on the house we have been working on.  Rob (I) learned how to make a bird house (or apparently whats called a “pork chop” in the north) which is boxing in the rafters on the edge of a roof peak to make the transitions between the soffets go smoothly.  Eric and Steve were pretty much “gophers” and cutters, making all the siding pieces and such.  Cleaning up scrap, getting tools, etc.

After lunch, everyone got an on-time (maybe a little early) release…except Mark and Rob.  They had to finish up re-doing some bad siding spots on the house.  What we thought would be a simple 30 minute task became a 2-3 hour nightmare.  We did get done, but what a mess!

We had Dinner (a little late due to some ingredient errors and the chicken being partly frozen) consisting of Chicken, rice, green beans, and biscuits.  Rob was the cook today.

We had devotions, discussing our interactions with the poor, similar to Jesus’ interactions with the Widow’s offering in Luke.  We all pretty much agreed this trip gave us a perspective change, and a bit more humility.

We finished the evening with our newly learned card game…with Nicki and Rob’s team winning.

We have changed our plans for coming home slightly, and we hope to get into Knoxville tomorrow night.  We switched the reservations for the hotel, so its kind of a done deal.

We still need prayers for a good day tomorrow, and for safe travels as we start back.

I am very tired now…heading to bed…will post along the way home.

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