Our second day here in Louisiana and a successful one at that.  We started off with a delicious breakfast and rushing as usual to get to our meeting place at 8 a.m.  We had our daily devotional with the entire group and then were assigned tasks for the day.  We then broke away and were fortunate enough to spend the day in Thibodaux.  We arrived to a lot with only a cement slab.  We had no idea what would be accomplished.  Scott and Kye were there to lead the way and so we began!  Our job was to put the exterior walls and framing.  This included much lifting, measuring, and nailing.  We had to be precise in our work.  Once we got the swing of things we were on a roll.  The first wall was just put up and there was such a feeling of accomplishment in what we had just done and were given motivation for the next few walls.  We learned through mistakes and enjoyed many laughs with the team throughout the day.  The woman, Hazel, who will be living in the house stopped by to say hi and thank us all.  She was such a sweetheart, friendly to converse with and so appreciative of us working on her house.  It was great to actually see whose life we are impacting.  By the end of the day we were exhausted, with sore arms and saw dust and chalk all over.  We then stood back and looked at our days work...we say a HOUSE!  We managed to complete all four exterior walls along with a few interior hallway walls.  The feeling was unbelievable and were all so proud of ourselves.  A job very well done!  Worn out and feeling gross, we then proceeded as a team to WAL-MART...

Needless to say we were ravenous, wild, and crazy kids running through the aisles with our shopping carts throwing in cookies, ice cream, candy and chips.  Multiples of each at that!  The laughs, jokes, and time shared among us all have only made this trip more amazing than one could hope for!  Finally, we piled into the vans with our many groceries (after waiting at Subway for an hour with credit card trouble of course) and smiling faces!

So glad to be back at our site to clean up, playing games and of course indulging into many delicious food options.  I write now as we just finished a game of catch phrase.  About time for me to move onto another fun activity...

I can only thank everyone for such a great opportunity and learning experience!  It has been unbelievable and can't wait for another day of crazy adventure and hard work!

"Nothing worthwhile ever happens quickly and easily.  You achieve only as you are determined to achieve...and as you keep at it until you have achieved"  -- Robert Lauer