What a fantastic group of young people to work with! The week went incredibly quickly and the youth (and adults) roofed a two story home and almost completely framed in another house next door. The third house on that block had us painting and sanding for most of the week. We also worked on another couple of occupied homes doing deck staining and landscaping. Never once did I hea of anyone complaining...and we even caught some of our notorious slackers...wait for it...actually working. Everyone was determined to be the 'Hands and Feet" of Christ in that Southside Chicago neighborhood.
And apparently something good has come out of it. Warren Callahan, the Windy City HfH Coordinator told us that our presence caused other churches and secular groups to investigate how they might help. In addition we were told that whenever group are working in the neighborhood, criminal activity goes down. It truly was a "spirit-dititous" week!
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