Saturday, June 23, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
An AMAZING Day
Hey guys! It has been an amazing week in Birmingham… with Trey and Dennis. They are so knowledgeable and wise, and they are phenomenal teachers. I feel SO LUCKY to have spent time learning with them!
Today I had to work on a roof in a really difficult place, and there wasn’t any place for me to stand and still reach the shingles that I had to put in. Dennis showed me how to levitate while I hammered. And I only had to hammer one time, and the nail went all the way in! Dennis is SO STRONG!! And he can LEVITATE! How awesome is that?
… Sorry guys, Trey and Dennis stole the computer from me for a while. Anyways back to what I was saying… It has been an amazing week in Birmingham and I’ve learned a lot of things, none of which was levitating. But I have done multiple things that I would’ve never imagined myself ever doing. I’ve gone on a two story roof with a pretty steep slope, ripped off shingles and replaced them, stepped in nails while cleaning shingles, painted soffits, spackled walls, and used a nail gun. Pretty amazing stuff.
Although I’ve learned a lot of things about working, I’ve also learned a lot about the people here in Alabama. Every day I’ve had the amazing opportunity of doing a different project every day, which meant meeting a lot of different people, each of which have moved me in all kinds of ways. But the people who have moved me the most here, were the family that runs the organization we are working through, The Next Step Storm. The family consists of a mother, Kim, a father, Monty and five amazing kids, four of which we were able to meet this week.
The faith and the work ethics that this family possess are astonishing to me. Kim, the mother, is actually a new believer and one morning for devotion she told us her story of how she met Monty and how her life changed immediately. The dedication that she and Monty have put into helping others is truly amazing, moving wherever they need to in order to help others. They have obviously taught their children to have the same faith and work ethics because all they do is serve. From early in the morning, before everyone is awake until dinner, their children, the youngest of which is five, are helping. They serve with a smile and with the Lord in mind.
So I’m sad to say, tomorrow is our last day, our last day with this wonderful family, our last day on the work sites, and the last day to make an impact on the lives we have involved ourselves for the past week. I feel truly blessed to have met this family and all the other people at each site I have been privileged to work at. And I’m blessed to have learned skills that can help me to serve better in the future, and maybe one day I’ll finally be able to levitate as well as Dennis does.
Natalie Willmschen
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