I really thought my summer would be full of pre-planning for my ministry year up and coming, fun times with friends and tons of golf. However, I decided to place a new roof on my house! Oh my goodness! Incredible how time consuming and hard it has been. But I have learned that, by one simple project, several things have happened that I have never dreamed.
1. People have served. On one evening, I had 7 people working on the roof. Some volunteer, some getting paid, all having fun. Pretty cool when people come together on a project like this.
2. Manual labor is ok for a time, but I would go hungry if I had to do it all day everyday. I am not lying to you when I say I hurt every night when I go to bed. I wake at 7am and start working at 7:30am. Then, I quit at 10pm, or like tonight, almost 11pm.
3. Appreciation...I must extend appreciation to Kyle Doyon, Jason Ewer, Bryan Purvis, David Mui, Jim Vermilya, Geoffrey Buck, Aaron Tomlin, and others who have come to lend a helping hand. Without them, I would still be stripping cedar shake.
4. I miss my wife and baby girl. Even though I am only outside, I miss them terribly when I am not around, especially now with the baby! What am I going to do when I return to work! Ah!!!
Well have you ever done any projects like this? What did you learn?
