Wednesday, October 31.
| I helped
Louie and
Leo do some more roofing today - finishing up some of the smaller parts
lower down. The last roofing is on some of the lower roof parts,
but people need to stand there to do siding and painting, so we have to
wait a bit. This afternoon I helped put in some cabinets.
Some of the electrical outlets were misplaced, so we had to do some
customizing to the back of the cabinets to accomodate them. For dinners, they gave us tickets that are accepted by 16 different local restaurants. We had good Mexican last night, at a place that was kind of out of the way. Not too many people were going out there, so there weren't a lot of vans coming around to pick people up. After dinner, we waited a while, then started walking. It would probably have been three or four miles. But after about a mile, we found one of the Habitat vans that gave us a ride back to the hotel. |
 Leo, Stan (kneeling), me, & Louie placing the last shingle on the main roof. Photo courtesy of Joe VanAndel.
|
 Patti (Dennis' daughter) and
Chuck painting.
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 Neil and Margaret (Paints-Like-Lightning) on the front. |
Tonight we went to
dinner with a big group of
people. We had been invited by a few of the folks on our house,
but we didn't really realize what kind of dinner it was. It was
quite interesting. It was a group of a couple of dozen people who
have met up over the years at many different JCWPs. A lot of
them had been to India last year. Another one was an Indian whom
they had met last year and convinced to come to LA this year. A
couple of fellows were from Boulder, though we didn't get to meet
them. There are a lot of families involved here. There were
three siblings at dinner, one of whom is from Denver. The
organizer of the group was there with his daughter. The folks who
invited us have been to two other JCWPs. The dad (Dennis) has
taken his two grown daughters both other times, and this time they
brought one of the girl's boyfriend as well. It's really amazing
to see so many people from all over who all care so much.
Joe, Kari, and Louie on the roof.