Building Houses, Filling Holes

Saturday, January 18 was our first Habitat for Humanity build day. Five of us met at Jubilee Commons to you know... build a house! Or, houses. Habitat is working on a new phase of homes at the Gresham site and we got right down to it. The task assigned to us that looked most like what you might expect was attaching boards to the tops of the foundation walls. The glamorous side job was filling a hole. A very large hole, with very wet and heavy dirt. Both tasks were tackled with equal enthusiasm, and I'm sure both were equally appreciated. I may venture to guess that one task was slightly more strenuous than the other, but it probably wouldn't be right to say so. We took a good break walking down the street for Don Pedro's for lunch, and Porter the dog was on site to keep spirits high. Our efforts were also recorded in this Oregonian story. This was the Martin Luther King Jr. service weekend and we thank all the volunteers who chose to observe the holiday with their time, hands and hearts!