Knoxville - Habitat

 Day 5 - Wednesday May 30

Today, we got a chance to sleep in since the Habitat for Humanity staff had a breakfast in the morning. We arrived at the warehouse at 9. Three of us stayed in the construction area and helped make portable shelves to display the granite counter tops that were recently donated to Habitat. The rest of our group helped out Julie and the other workers by cleaning out some areas of the warehouse and loading up a couple trucks with materials that needed to go to the ReStore. We moved some materials for the blitz build and things that would be sold at the Thrift Store, such as appliances and lighting. We carried a lot of windows and doors, as well, which were really heavy. But we felt accomplished once we finally got them all on and off the trucks and on the floor. A few of us also helped Neil, the manager of the Thrift Store, move cabinetry and reorganize the floor to make room for the things we were bringing over. Once the trucks were full we drove over to the Thrift Store and unloaded the trucks. We finished up around 5 and headed back to the Sundham house. Scott is a "hobbyist barbequer" and made us pulled pork, potatoes and beans for dinner. Scott is an awesome cook and we loved eating some homemade food this week. After dinner we did the dishes for them as a thank you for the dinner. We went to the YMCA to take showers and then came back to play Uno and Kinect. We reflected on the service we did today and then went to bed.